[Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)

[Chan Mahanta]

O' Deka:

>It is so refreshing to hear that the farmers are not waiting for the 
>government to help them.


*** The sentence implies that Assam farmers usually expect and await 
govt. help, before they do anything.


Is it a fact or is it a creation of a fiercely independent, 
pull-yourself-up-by-your-boot-strings , Ayn Randish individualist's 
Texan  imagination :-) ?


O'm











At 8:08 PM -0800 2/1/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>It is so refreshing to hear that the farmers are not waiting for the 
>government to help them.
>If government help is slow in coming, they have found other means to 
>keep going.
>I hope they succeed and make a good profit on their investment in 
>money and sweat.
>Dilip Deka
>
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>________________________________
>From: Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at yahoo.co.in>
>To: assam at assamnet.org
>Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:24:44 PM
>Subject: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set 
>shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)
>
>Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example
>Correspondent
>
>  GORESWAR, Feb 1 - Rural educated unemployed youths of Pubpar
>Jatiyabhangara village in Patidarrang mouza under Bihdia Jajikona Block
>have started cultivating mustard in 40 bighas of land, Masur dal in 22
>bighas and Dhania (corriander) in 30 bighas land.
>
>A total of 92
>bighas of land were sowed in the month of November by the youths namely
>Galmahmud Ali, Mojamil Hoque, Arzed Ali, Fiznur Ali, Mojibur Rahman,
>Mridual Ali, Kalam Ali, Riaz Ali, Taslim Ali, Mahibulla Ali, Ratul Ali
>and Sakhat Ali of the village. As many as six members are graduate and
>rest six are matriculate. They have already started cultivating
>mustard, masur (lentil) and coriander covering a plot measuring 92
>bighas of agriculture land belonging to their respective families as
>well as the neighbours. The land owners allowed the youths to cultivate
>the said rabi crops in their agriculture land.
>
>For the occasion,
>the Nabarong self-help-group (SHG) was formed by the youths in August,
>2007, at Pub-Parjatiya bhangra village with Golmahmud Ali (graduate)
>and Mozamil Hoque as president and secretary.
>
>The primary,
>objective of their endeavour is to provide gainful employment for
>themselves during the lean agricultural season. Besides, the
>forthcoming paddy season would be utilised by them, Mojamil told this
>correspondent.
>
>The secondary objective is the creation of
>economic infrastructure and community assets for sustained employment
>and development in their backward region.
>
>The members of the
>Nabarong SHG did not borrow money from any person or other's savings to
>spend in their cultivation purpose. They collected Rs 25 per week from
>each member since the formation of the SHG. They spent a total amount
>Rs 82,000 in tractor, ploughing, procurement of seeds, manure,
>pesticides, watering etc. They have been cultivating these 92 bighas
>with their own experience and advice of the local VIEWS, Paresh Chandra
>Deka from time to time. A total of 16 quintals of manure have been used.
>
>The
>concerned agriculture staff including Pabitra Kumar Deka, ADO, Loch
>circle under Muktapur sub-division visited the farm recently.
>Thereafter discussion was held in front of the rest house of the
>Nabarong (SHG) located in the agriculture fields near the farm wherein
>the SHG members, agriculture office staff. Kanthi Saikia, journalist,
>Babu Rabha, journalist Kishore Bhatta, ex-MLA candidate, Dr Dhrubajyoti
>Sarma, Soneswar Boro, an ideal farmers, Pranjal Kalita, an ideal
>farmer, DS Deka and Paresh Deka VLEWS participated in the discussion.
>All the participants highly recited and encourage the memers of the
>said SHG for their steps in this regard. They expect that SHG activists
>would surely be able to motivate other youths and farmers of
>Patidarrang mouza in Kamrup district (R).
>
>It may be noted that
>the SHG members failed to manage a deep shallow filter tubewell for
>watering their field. They are irrigating the field by 6 HP rented
>water pump. They also used rented tractor for ploughing their estimated
>agriculture land due to lack of proper facilities which should have
>been provided by the State Agriculture Department on the other hand,
>the branch manager of the Asom Gramin Bikash Bank, Muktapur branch,
>Ajoy Barpatra Gohain is not eager to sanction loan against their farm
>to ameliorate the condition of the poor activist of the SHG. Even the
>branch manager has no time to visit the SHG's farm despite reiterated
>appeals made to him. According to them, agro products can be increased
>with effective steps by agriculture department falling under Rangiya
>subdivision agriculture office including the financial help like KCC
>loan from the concerned bank of the locality. To add their woes, they
>are further buying seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at high rates from
>the open market due to absence of the government's PDS fertilizers
>godown in rural areas.
>
>
>(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)
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