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

Mon Feb 2 09:52:27 PST 2009

Not to belabor the point, but I still don't see any thing in the 
article from which one can infer the  comment

"----the farmers are not waiting for the government to help them"

What did I miss  :-)?

At 9:22 AM -0800 2/2/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>O'Mahanta,
>The facts are all there in the article.
>If you had read the article to the end, you would've seen the 
>message it was carrying - just like what I stated.
>I just brought the article to y-all's attention.
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>" *** The sentence implies that Assam farmers usually expect and await
>govt. help, before they do anything." -- By the way I didn't use 
>"Assam Farmers". I was talking about the farmers in the article.
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>O'Deka
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang 
>set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)
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>O' Deka:
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>  >It is so refreshing to hear that the farmers are not waiting for the
>  >government to help them.
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>*** The sentence implies that Assam farmers usually expect and await
>govt. help, before they do anything.
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>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 :-) ?
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>O'm
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>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.
>>
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>>(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)
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