Mangaluru: Over the past 18 years, Chandrashekar Gowda (48) from Noojalu in Sullia Taluk from Dakshina Regency Kannada Karnataka, has lived from a Fiat car parked on the edge of the forest, avoiding its livelihood by weaving and selling baskets.
Gowda began living out of the vehicle on the edge of the forest in Aranthodu after the cooperative community auctioned soil 2.29 hectares for not paying loans.
Gowda has taken a short-term pruning loan RS 54,000 from Nelur Kemraje Co-operative Society in 1999.
When he said he could not pay back, the community ratio co-ope sent him a notification and auctioned land in October 2002 for Rs 1.2 lakh.
The community was eliminated by Rs 11,000 after reducing the amount he had to pay, but Gowda never collected it.
After the auction, Gowda remained with her sister for a while and bought a used Fiat car.
The situasya turn worse in June 2003 when his house was destroyed after a land auction.
He then began to stay in the car.
He weaved the basket and avoided life because it was interested in the case of Gowda, former Deputy Commissioner A B Obrahim had contacted him in 2016.
He had offered work and asked him to live in Bengaluru.
Income and forest department officials also tried their best to rehabilitate but were unsuccessful.
Sullia Tahsildar Anitha Lakshmi told TII that officials had made several efforts in the past, but he was reluctant to get out of his settlement.
“Recently, I spoke to him personally and urged him to return to the mainstream.
However, he did not want to get out of his forced exile force himself because he liked to stay there.
He weaved the basket and exiting exit.
He wanted to be independent and Not receiving money from anyone.
Even if people pay for excess money for baskets, he doesn’t accept it, “Anitha said.