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00:00We are now in the area of Biraj, which is a very affected area by Naxalites.
00:05It is in the Sohail Thana area.
00:07Earlier, this area used to be farmed by Afeem, but now this area is being identified by the sugarcane juice.
00:15Although, the farmers who had put their hopes on the sugarcane department are not getting the benefits,
00:20but the farmers here have adopted sugarcane farming as their main source of income.
00:25We had a meeting with the farmers of this area, and they said that if we work with the sugarcane department, we will get some benefits.
00:40We had prepared a formula for this, but the government has not given us any notice yet.
00:47We used to farm sugarcane a long time ago, but we were about to get trapped in that farming,
00:54but the government has stopped us from doing so, saying that this is wrong, and that we should farm sugarcane, and we will get benefits from it.
01:03Earlier, we were affected by the fact that we were trapped in some way, so who is going to look after us?
01:10We have stopped farming sugarcane in this area, and we have been farming sugarcane for the past 5-6 years.
01:17We have not been given any notice yet, and no unit has been set up here.
01:20If the government pays attention to this, then you can get some benefits.
01:23We will focus on farming sugarcane in this area.
01:26This area has already been identified by the sugarcane department.
01:30You know about it, the government knows about it, everyone knows about it.
01:34Due to the fact that this area is identified by the sugarcane department, there were many sources of illegal farming and illegal work.
01:39At the same time, there was a sugarcane farmer as well.
01:42As soon as the sugarcane farming started here, some people started doing it.
01:47So, we encouraged them a lot.
01:51We turned towards sugarcane instead of doing sugarcane farming.
01:55We said that sugarcane farming should be done.
01:57And today, it is present in front of you, that sugarcane farming is almost 100 acres in Rakhwamere.
02:03So, what kind of support are you getting from the sugarcane farming department?
02:07What do you expect?
02:08When we formed a farmer's group for sugarcane farming here,
02:1120 people sat together and we discussed that we should not do illegal farming.
02:17And if we are doing illegal farming, then the name of the village and the society should not be ruined.
02:22The name of the village should be bright.
02:23We thought about sugarcane.
02:25In this context, we also talked to the sugarcane development department.
02:28We had a meeting here a couple of times.
02:30They said that they will install a sugarcane unit here.
02:32The sugarcane will be sold at a high price and it will be convenient for you to make sugarcane.
02:36But the sugarcane development department has not installed anything so far.
02:39There are a lot of people from the SCSC community who come here.
02:44And we have met all the people in the farmer's group.
02:47So, we came up with a plan that we will install a unit here.
02:50But we have not been able to install a unit so far.
02:51Some people who used to grow sugarcane here, they also had a case.
02:57What are they doing today?
02:58There is a man named Yogesh who lives half a kilometre away from here.
03:03He is quite old.
03:05He is from Kerala.
03:06He is in his final year of graduation.
03:08He has been charged with an offence.
03:11He has also come out of jail.
03:13Today, he is also growing sugarcane in two acres.
03:15Of course, he will come back.
03:17Today, there is a record.
03:19Yesterday, there was a lot of sugarcane.
03:21Next year, there will be a record.
03:23There is a report from the Forest Department that there is a lot of sugarcane growing in this village.
03:25There is a lot of sugarcane growing in this village.
03:27There is a lot of sugarcane growing in this village.
03:29The result is that people are coming towards sugarcane.
03:31A sugarcane unit will be installed here.
03:33Because in Bihar, in this area,
03:35there is no sugar mill in this area from Gaya.
03:37The main use is of sugarcane.
03:39So, by installing a sugarcane unit here,
03:41a unit will be installed as a means of making sugarcane.
03:43A unit will be installed as a means of making sugarcane.
03:45By the government.
03:47Now, it is being said here that
03:49to install a sugarcane unit,
03:51you will have to give 50% money to the government.
03:53The government has a 20 lakhs worth settlement.
03:55Instead, you will have to pay us 10 lakhs.
03:57For this, we haveiredly
03:59everly
04:01near and far.
04:05Mr. Mahendra Pratap Singh has이
04:07resigned his post.
04:09I had talked to the commissioner for sugarcane and
04:13to the town government officials.
04:15He asked me to install a sugarcane unit here.
04:19People who had simply lost their jobs because
04:21One person has even been jailed in their farmland.
04:25His name is Jogesh Huia, he comes from the SCSC community.
04:29He has been jailed.
04:31Whether he does it or not, he has already been jailed.
04:34They have already filed an FIR.
04:36His life has been ruined.
04:38He is an educated boy, his life has been ruined.
04:40I think he must be between 30-35 kgs.
04:42He is 25 kgs.
04:44If he is not given neat and clean,
04:47then his farmland will be ruined.
04:51We have made a lot of efforts.
04:53According to this effort,
04:55in today's date,
04:57in today's date, in this panchayat,
04:59in these 2-3 villages,
05:01in about 70-80 acres,
05:03we already have sugarcane farmland.
05:05And how to re-expand it,
05:09for this we are worried and eager.
05:11See, there is a small machine there.
05:15Now, we are not able to understand
05:17how we are going to harvest so much sugarcane from it.
05:19The sugarcane is in a state of drying up.
05:21If we had a bigger unit at this time,
05:24then we would have saved 3-4 labours
05:27to make sugarcane from one big unit.
05:33If we make sugarcane from a small unit,
05:36then it takes 4 extra labours.
05:38It takes a lot of hard work.
05:40Now, tell us, how are you going to harvest?
05:42What has happened to this place?
05:44Before, we had not understood anything.
05:46Before, people were coming here to work.
05:50Now, they have removed everything.
05:53Our farmland has been cut down.
05:55We have not been able to harvest.
05:57We have been forced to do this.
05:59We have been forced to do this,
06:01because we are getting benefits from this.
06:03We are getting opportunities.
06:05We have been given training.
06:07We have been told that if we get benefits,
06:09then we will get nothing.
06:11What benefits have you been told?
06:13We have been told that if we get sugarcane,
06:15then we will get money,
06:17and we will get a good harvest.
06:19We have been told that if we get sugarcane,
06:21then we will get a good harvest.
06:23If we harvest anything,
06:25then we do it for our own benefit.
06:27If we sell it or do something,
06:29then we will get benefits.
06:31It will increase.
06:33That is why we do it.
06:35Where did you get the idea to do sugarcane?
06:37The idea to do sugarcane,
06:39Vijay Agarwal,
06:41Vijay Agarwal,
06:43Vijay Agarwal,
06:45we have been told that we used to earn
06:47and we used to get benefits,
06:49and at one place, we harvested sugarcane.
06:51And there were many farmers there.
06:53And we have been told that if we do it,
06:55we will get benefits from it.
06:57Vijay Agarwal was from Patna.
06:59Vijay Agarwal was from Patna.
07:01Vijay Agarwal was from Patna.
07:03He brought it to us.
07:05We used to grow sugarcane a long time ago, but then there was a lot of trouble to get the juice out of the sugarcane.
07:12We were struggling to make sugarcane syrup.
07:15We stopped growing sugarcane, but when we brought some partners and officers,
07:21they told us to grow sugarcane.
07:24According to them, we have grown sugarcane in more than 20 acres.
07:29We have grown sugarcane in 4 acres.
07:32But now the sugarcane is drying up.
07:34We don't know about the machine.
07:36Vijay Agarwal had informed us that we are responsible for this.
07:39We will get the machine delivered to you from somewhere.
07:42You will get facilities.
07:44But nothing like this has happened yet.
07:46The people here said that they are now encouraging this type of farming.
07:50But the government will have to take a few steps forward.
07:53Sartaj Ahmad from Gaya for ATV Bharat.