Farmer donates 220 quintals of wheat to Shahjahanpur admn

BAREILLY: A farmer from Gujarat, who had purchased 12 acres of agricultural land in Shahjahanpur in October last year, has donated the first produce of nearly 220 quintals of wheat from his land to the Shahjahanpur district administration to help feed the underprivileged during the lockdown. Born into a family of farmers and Army men, 43-yearold Dharmendra Singh Lathar, says he always had an inclination towards farming since his childhood.

After successfully running a security agency for a while, he moved towards his first passion farming - and purchased a piece of land in Kanth area of Shahjahanpur in October 2019.

“Farming has huge potential with modern cultivation techniques and machines,” he said adding that the youths should take this up as their main vocation. The first harvest, he said, was quite encouraging but instead of selling it in the market he decided to donate the entire produce for the people.

“I want youths to move towards farming instead of migrating to big cities and work as labourers or low-skilled workers. Farming and livestock management can always yield good profits and my motive is to help farmers increase their profitability. Apart from my harvest, I also donated Rs 1 lakh to PM Cares Fund,” said Lathar. “It’s really encouraging to see such support coming from people during this tough time. The donated wheat would be utilised for feeding the poor on the instructions of the district magistrate,” said SDM Saurabh Gangwar, who has been tasked to oversee the distribution of the food grains to the needy by district magistrate, Indra Vikram Singh.

DHARMENDRA SINGH LATHAR, SAYS HE ALWAYS HAD AN INCLINATION TOWARDS FARMING SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD.