Outlook's Asghar Khan speaks with Laungi Bhuniya, a man who has single-handedly dug canals to support farmers in Gaya, Bihar. In the last 30 years, Bhuniya's efforts transformed infertile lands into productive rice and wheat fields. Despite his remarkable achievements, he hasn't received any financial aid and still lives in a simple mud house. Enduring temperatures as high as 42-43 degrees Celsius, he continues his work on another canal, estimating it will take another 5-6 years to complete.
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00:00A man is making a canal between a mountain and a forest, cutting the mountain and the forest.
00:15This is the same man who came to Sosyo four years ago, his name is Laungi Bhuiya.
00:20After 30 years of hard work, Laungi Bhuiya built a big canal in this area.
00:26And through that canal, he stored water in the pond of the village.
00:33We do not have a farm, but those who have a farm do not have water in it.
00:40We brought water for everyone in the village from the canal.
00:45In eight villages, I gave water from the canal.
00:49If all the farmers are happy, then God will keep us happy too.
00:55Before this, there was no farming in this village.
00:58Especially, there was no crop of wheat and wheat, because this area was barren.
01:03Laungi Bhuiya swore at that time that we will show farming in this village.
01:08We do not have a farm, but those who have a farm do not have water in it.
01:15We brought water for everyone in the village from the canal.
01:19After 30 years of hard work, Laungi Bhuiya made this area barren through that canal.
01:29Earlier, the village farm was barren and forest.
01:33But after the water came from the canal in the farm, now there is a crop of wheat and wheat in the village.
01:43But what did Laungi Bhuiya get?
01:45Laungi Bhuiya did not get anything.
01:47Actually, Laungi Bhuiya does not even have a house in which he can live properly.
01:52We have done a lot of work, but we are living in a mud house.
01:57The government has not built a house for us yet.
01:59Five years have passed since 2019, he has not been able to build a house and he has not received any help.
02:06The day he built a canal and came to Surkhoye, Laungi Bhuiya started building another canal again.
02:16And where I am right now, the temperature is 42 to 43 degrees.
02:21And Laungi Bhuiya is building another canal in that temperature, in that heat, in that mud.
02:29They say that it will take another 5 to 6 years.
02:32After this, there will be two canals in this village and there will never be a problem of irrigation here.