Faced with Govt Apathy, Farmer Sells Land to Build Dam for Village
A farmer from a village in Maharashtra’s Akola district has sold a large chunk of his farmland to build a dam.
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42-year-old Sanjay Tidke has sold 5 acres of his farmland to build a dam for himself and the villagers. (Photo: ANI screengrab)
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A 42-year-old farmer from a village in Maharashtra’s Akola district has sold a large chunk of his farmland to build a dam for himself and farmers of his village after he got no assistance from the state government.
Sanjay Tidke, who along with his brother, owned 30 acres in Sangvi Durgwada village in Murtizapur taluka, sold 5 acres for Rs 55 lakh and is using Rs 20 lakh to build a dam which has a water storage capacity of 3 crore litres. Tidke says he sold part of his farmland that would always get washed away during the rains.
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