Month: May 2016

How Biplab Ketan Paul converted 40,000 acres of drought-stricken land into productive farms

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How Biplab Ketan Paul converted 40,000 acres of drought-stricken land into productive farms

In 2012, the ninth Anil Shah Gram Vikas Paritoshik went to Biplab Ketan Paul for his water management work in the arid region of North Gujarat. According to DNA, the adoption of a  technology called ‘bhungroo’ has led to decrease in salinity and recharge of large quantum of water in this region. This serves as a buffer against the drought-like conditions that often befall such water-scare areas. By using this technology, farmers are getting three crops a year. With high-value crops the farmers are enjoying better income. Image: (L-R) Naireeta…

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This 98-year-old freedom fighter has built eighteen primary schools for the poor children

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This 98-year-old freedom fighter has built eighteen primary schools for the poor children

98-year-old freedom fighter, Sudhanshu Biswas, is successfully running a voluntary organisation—Ramkrishna Sevaashram, which has so far established 18 primary schools in the Sunderbans region, West Bengal. Mr Biswas works round the clock to keep an old age home, a dispensary and children’s home running at Ramkrishnapur. Image: (L-R) Harmony India ; 4 to 40 In a 2015 report by DNA, soon after the country achieved independence, Mr Biswas was imbued with the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. In 1948, he renounced his family life and head to the Himalayas in search…

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