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Farmer creates 50 hectares of forest in UP

Wed, 24 Jul 2019

Chitrakoot, July 24

When Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted his story on Wednesday, the spotlight suddenly fell on him.

Bhaiyya
Ram Yadav, a 55-year-old farmer in Bharatpur of Chitrakoot district in
Bundelkhand region, has created a forest by planting saplings on 50
hectares of barren land in his village.

"In 2001, my wife passed
away during child birth and later my son died at the age of seven due to
lack of medical treatment. I left my home due to depression and started
roaming around in Chitrakoot," he said.

While roaming around, he read a slogan put up by the forest department which said, "One tree is equal to 100 sons".

The
slogan changed his mind and he returned home. Bhaiyya Ram built a hut
outside his village and started planting trees. Initially, people
called him crazy but after sometime the villagers started supporting
his cause.

Bhaiyya Ram said that initially he planted 40 saplings
and felt at peace. Later he kept adding to this number. The number
reached up to 40,000 saplings. He said that God has taken one son from
him, but now he is the father of thousands of plants.

Through his
efforts, about 50 hectares of Bharatpur land has become green. He has
turned the unused land into a forest with a diversified range of useful
plants.

Bhaiyya Ram now wants to plant over 40 lakh trees. The only thing he wants is a hand pump in order to accomplish the big target.

The people of Chitrakoot, who earlier called him 'crazy', now call him an inspiration for the region.

Farmer creates 50 hectares of forest in UP

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