mysore central food and technological research institute cftri director dr prakash said the institute in coordination with the defence food research laboratory dfrl mysore has submitted a project report to the karnataka government to carry out a feasibility survey before doing research on processing and marketing aspects of neera however dr prakash refused to comment on the statement of the karnataka governments claim that cftri and dfrl have not replied to the governments letter requesting the latter to carry out a research on neera and its viability as a drink in the open market like the other prevailing soft drinks there may have been a communication gap between the cftri and the government he quipped when asked about minister kagodu thimmappas pointed remarks in this regard and added there is no point in discussing such frivolous matters he told the times of india that a couple of months back it was cftri on its own in consultation with dfrl director as bawa that had submitted a project report to the government asking it to sponsor a project to study the feasibility and viability of marketing neera but there has been no response from the state government so far he added revealing the financial and legal limitations of cftri in taking up such a project on its own dr prakash said the state government has to sponsor such a project otherwise it is a near impossibility for the cftri and dfrl to take up such a project dr prakash said that the feasibility report is a must before initiating any analytical research on neera the effort of the state government and farmers to sell neera like any other soft drink should not fail like the tender coconut water project which failed to take off he reiterated and said this was the reason he was for a feasibility project being done before research on processing and packaging aspects of neera