Karthi announces Uzhavan Awards

Actor Karthi, who portrayed a farmer in Kadaikutty Singam, has been helping farmers ever since he acted in the film. The philanthropist Karthi has built houses for 50 farmer families who lost their dwelling during Cyclone Gaja. He has started a trust to help farmers in need called Uzhavan Trust, through which he has been doing several activities in rural areas. To honour farmers he has now announced Uzhavan Virudhugal (awards) for those who develop innovative ag-tech devices.

Karthi says, “We want to identify people who discover modern agricultural techniques and gadgets which would be beneficial to small and marginal farmers. Through the trust, we would be giving a cash prize of ` 1.5 lakh to three top inventors every year.”