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- A Bihari who lost everything after Mumbai blasts
- Bihar ready for Agro-based development
- Sultanganj presents a role model for Hindu Muslim harmony
- Assocham predicts over 20 lakh new jobs via organic farming
| A Bihari who lost everything after Mumbai blasts Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:07 AM PDT Hiralal Kamat has lost sensation below the waist after being injured in 13/7 blast at Zaveri Bazaar. “After the blast, I don’t remember how I reached the hospital,” he said. “I came to the city with dreams. My dreams crashed in the blast and I now want to go back to my native place,” said Kamat. “I had never expected this tragedy to happen to me. I just want to get well and walk . Before the blast, I was earning enough to feed my family and educate to my son,” said Kamat, who was sole bread winner in his family. The blast splinter has damaged his spinal cord and lungs. “Life seems like a burden. I often feel it was all a bad dream,” he said. “But they do not have an answer when I will walk. Slowly I am recuperating. However, I am getting back sensation in the right leg. But I cannot move my left leg,” said Kamat. Dr Deepak Palande, head of the neurosurgery department, said it is difficult to say when Kamat would be able to walk. “We removed all shrapnel from the spine but are not able to do the MRI test because sharpnels are still lodged in the lungs.” He added that Kamat would have to undergo another surgery to remove the metal pieces from the lungs. “I don’t think Kamat will able to work,” said Manoj Kamath, Hiralal’s relative, who has been taking care of him after the blast. “His seven-year-old son Raju and his wife, Renuka, have not met Kamat after the blast.” |
| Bihar ready for Agro-based development Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:07 AM PDT Bihar CM Sri Nitish Kumar has reiterated that the agriculture sector is the key to Bihar’s economic development and its growth should get its due importance to enable the people increase their income. The state government was giving it its due thrust for attaining increased output so that the people get to earn more, Kumar told a function here yesterday. “t is the view of the NDA government that industrialization alone cannot be the sole parameter of development or economic growth in view of the fact that agriculture is the core economic activity in Bihar,” he said. The government was in favour of all round development of the agriculture sector comprising output of foodgrains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits, floriculture and vegetables and a roadmap had been been drawn up. The roadmap for development of agriculture sector will be implemented over the next ten years, Kumar said adding all departments connected with the agriculture sector would work together and come up with detailed work projects from time to time that will be discussed and approved by the cabinet. |
| Sultanganj presents a role model for Hindu Muslim harmony Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:07 AM PDT While Moradabad may be burning with the flames of Communal violence, in Sultanganj, Bihar the harmony between Hindus and Muslims has attained new heights.Thousands of Hindu pilgrims are seen slinging these wooden structures, called ‘kanwars’, across their shoulders at this time of the year in an act of penance and faith. But unknown to most, these are made by poor Muslim artisans in this small town of Bihar who, with their simple passion for their craft, reinforce a glorious tradition of communal harmony in India. There are over 24 such Muslim artisans in Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district, about 200 km from state capital Patna. And Hindu Kanwariya pilgrims readily buy their ‘kanwars’ to fetch holy water from the Ganges river. Mohammad Kalam is a name to reckon with among all these artisans. He has been doing this for nearly three decades. “We eagerly wait for the arrival of the month of Shravan (July-August) for making kanwars of different designs and to display them as art pieces to woo Hindu devotees,” Kalam said. Even as these Muslim artisans are busy observing fasts during the ongoing holy month of Ramzan and are offering prayers, they are very much doing their job. Hundreds of “Hindu brothers and sisters” from Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, New Delhi and Bangalore visit Kalam’s shop for kanwars. Kanwars are wooden carriers fitted with metal or plastic water pots. The Shiva pilgrims, in their month-long Kanwar Yatra, carry poles across their shoulders hanging the pots in these kanwars. Kanwariya pilgrims in Bihar collect Ganges water from the river in Sultanganj. They carry and store this holy water in kanwars and cover 105 km on foot to reach a temple in Deoghar in Jharkhand. They then offer water to the Shivlinga at the ancient temple. Kalam makes kanwars only during the season of the pilgrimage. On other days, he runs a small shoe shop or works as a labourer for his livelihood. “I down the shutters of my leather shop during Shravan month for making kanwars. It is a passion to make decorative kanwars for Hindu devotees,” Kalam told IANS. Kalam’s brother Mohammad Salam does odd jobs throughout the year but he too crafts kanwars during the season. “We are proud of making kanwars. Much more than the money we earn, it fetches us love and respect,” Salam said. He said that Hindu devotees prefer to use kanwars made by Muslim artisans for its quality and durability. “It is a matter of honour for us that Hindu devotees use kanwars made by Muslim artisans for performing rituals to please Lord Shiva,” he said. Another Muslim artisan, Shaukat Alam, has the knack for making a wide variety of kanwars. The prices vary according to the quality of the items used. “Kanwars with new decorative styles and designs and less weight are priced higher,” Alam said. Ashok Singh, a devotee here, said he has been purchasing his kanwar from Kalam for years. “It is most comfortable to use the kanwar made by Kalam,” he said. Shankar Yadav, another Hindu devotee from here, loves to purchase his kanwar from Muslim artisans. “Kanwars made by Muslim artisans are more attractive and of good quality. I simply go for their kanwar,” Yadav said. “They may be Muslims but it has never stopped me from using kanwars made by them,” Yadav told Salam said he does not make kanwars for a livelihood. He said, “It is a labour of love.” |
| Assocham predicts over 20 lakh new jobs via organic farming Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:01 AM PDT Assocham has predicted that the promotion of organic farming in Bihar can raise income of farmers and lead to wealth accumulation of over Rs 1,000 crore besides generating exports worth Rs 500 crore. . Talking to reporters, ASSOCHAM Secretary General D S Rawat said organic farming also has the potential to generate over 20 lakh jobs in the state. “Adoption of organic farming can increase net per capita income of the farmer in the state by a whopping 250 per cent to over Rs 4,445 in next five years,” Rawat said. It will also arrest the migration of people from Bihar to other states in search of jobs. At least 35 per cent of cultivable land can be converted into organic farms in next five years, thereby converting seven per cent of cultivable land annually into organic farming, he said. Of the total 135 products in organic product portfolio, India exports 86 products worth 100 million dollars to the global market which currently stands at around 60 billion dollars and is growing by five billion dollars annually. Bihar is an ideal state for organic farming as it is home to unique commodities such as jute, litchi and cosmetic raw materials like herbals, aromatic plants and makhana, besides, the state has the potential of being India’s export hub for certified organic food to different world markets, he said. |
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