MP FARMER’S DAUGHTERS PULL PLOUGH
Financial crisis has forced a farmer in Basantpur Pangri village in MP’s Sehore to let his two daughters, instead of oxen, pull the plough in their fields. The farmer, Sardar Kahla, has claimed that his family does not have enough money to buy or take care of oxen for ploughing. “Both my daughters quit their schooling due to a financial crisis,” he says.
BHOPAL: Sisters Radha and Kunti are bound to a routine like a bullock to its yoke for the past three years.
The siblings dropped out of school to help their father till and level his small farm, pulling the yoke as he steered the plough. They are too poor to buy and feed an ox.
And they live at a tribal village in Sehore, the home district of Madhya Pradesh chief minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is facing a farmer strike demanding debt relief.
“Because of poverty I cannot buy bullocks and, so, my daughters are taking their place.
They studied till Class 8 but opted out of school because of my financial problems,” said Sardar Barela of Basantpur Pangri village, about 63km from Bhopal. Barela’s brother said the farmer had approached the authorities for help. “But nobody listens to us.
What can we do, we are poor … so my nieces had to leave school,” Daya Ram said.
The authorities have, however, taken note of the family’s situation after photos of the two girls pulling a yoke were shared extensively on social media.
Local rural official Ramdwar Keer visited the farmer’s home and assured help. “The brother has bullocks but Barela has none. I checked.”
THE SIBLINGS DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL TO HELP THEIR FATHER TILL AND LEVEL HIS SMALL FARM, PULLING THE YOKE AS HE STEERED THE PLOUGH. THEY ARE TOO POOR TO BUY AND FEED AN OX