-The New Indian Express
BELGAUM: Laxman Maruti Muchandi, a young farmer from Yallur near Belgaum, has found a novel way to cultivate his 4.5-acre field without using oxen or a tractor.
Muchandi has used a motorcycle to plough the field for sowing paddy. Muchandi said it was very difficult to get farm labourers. Some demanded Rs. 11,000 to plough his field, after which he decided to use his motorcycle.
He used one-and-a-half litres of petrol to plough one acre and it worked out to Rs. 1,500 to plough the whole field. His brother Rama helped him.
Villagers from surrounding areas have started visiting him to watch him work, on hearing of the new method.