Success Story: Used to intimidate guns till yesterday, mustard-bazra, earning today, making fat benefits!
In Karowli, Rajasthan, the resonance of guns was once heard. As soon as people hear the names of the bandits in the area, people shake. But the time took a turn and the change began. Until yesterday, the hands holding the guns, the same hands were running, plowing the earth and providing the spices of the mustard, brown and millet on the people’s plate. There are behind this change, the brave women in the family have to live in the shadow of fear.
Why did you choose exploitation
Until about 15 years ago, in the Karowli district of Rajasthan, many women like Devi and her women had to live in the shadow of fear. They were afraid of what would happen if her husband did not return home someday. Due to continuous drought, climate change and lack of rain, their land was barren. Water resources have dried up, due to agriculture and livestock, but it is their source of income. Since there is no other way to survive, many men here are exploited. To prevent the police, he hides in the woods every day and in danger of his life.
Life has changed due to wife
According to government data, the average annual rainfall between 1951 and 2000 in Karali is 722.1 mm. It declined between 2001 and 2011 and rose to 563.94 mm. After this, the women here restored the old and dried ponds. For this, he began to build a new pond with the help of Tarun India (TBS), an NGO of Alwar, dedicated to water conservation since 1975. 58 -year -old property of Devi’s husband Jagdish recalled, ‘I died now. He convinced me to come back and do farming again. Jagdish took his hands and chose the path of peace. By selling milk in the years by selling milk, he made a puddle in a hill mountain near his village Alampur in 2015-16. When it rains, the pumpkin was full and his family had a lot of water for the first time in many years, he could live a long time.
Good earnings every season
The asset that proudly seated on the Pokhar battle told PTI, “Now we will raise mustard, brown, millet and vegetables.” She rents it for water chestnut cultivation so that she earns lakhs of rupees every season. Over the past few years, 16 such pumpkins have been made in the surrounding jungle, in which the water flowing from each slopes. Now diesel pumps increase water for farm irrigation. One of the most influential Docots of Rajasthan has seen a change in Karowli. Karali Police Superintendent Brijesh Jyoti Upadhyay said, “Stability is coming back with water.” Under the leadership of society, water conservation has restored groundwater and re -enhanced agricultural opportunities.
Karowli on the way to Etawa
Guru Govind Singh’s Associate Professor and Rajasthan Localist Sumit Dukia at Indraprastha University said, “The stone land of the Chambal area intensifies rainwater flow, which limits groundwater recharge. He said that there were similar changes in Etawa in Uttar Pradesh and former Docoits had returned to farming. In Karali, this defense wave has now changed the seminar, which was once a seasonal river, which was once a seasonal river. A decade ago, after Diwali, the river dried up, which was a frustration for people water.
Dockoits made of despair, then swung in farming
60 -Year -Burkeda’s Lazza Ram admitted that he began to exploit due to frustration. He said his father was a farmer. There was enough water during his period. As he grows, the rain continued, the wells were dry and it was impossible to grow. There were once 40 criminal cases against Lazza Ram. According to him, his sister finally surrendered and convinced him to join the water conservation efforts. Now he grows wheat, mustard, gram and millets on his 10 Bighas land. They have eight buffaloes and many goats and they are enough to eat. ‘Now there is happiness,’ he said.
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