25-yr-old Karnataka handloom cooperative Charaka Society closes, hundreds lose work – The News Minute
Charaka Society’s administrators say they have written to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asking for Rs 97 lakh promised by successive state governments for various joint projects to be paid to them. The 25-year-old Charaka Society, which supports hundreds of handloom weavers in Heggodu village of Karnataka’s Shivamogga district, was declared insolvent on August 28,…