Bhubaneswar, Aug 14: Four farmers from Odisha have been invited as Special Guests by the Centre to witness the 77th Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort, Delhi on August 15.
Woman cotton farmer Saraswati Meher from Balangir, Schedule Tribe farmer from Daringbadi Minura Pradhan, and Mushroom farmers from Pipili Sanjit Kumar Mohanty and Ashwini Kumar Pandey have been invited as special guests from Odisha in the farming sector.
Women farmers from Chaulasukha village under Turekela block of Balangir district are successfully farming cotton forming a group called ‘Krushak Utpadaka Sangathan’. The group has managed to save Rs 77 lakh from farming this year. Saraswati Meher of the group has expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the invitation.
Similarly, Minura Pradhan of Kandapa village under the Daringbadi block of Kandhamal district has earned fame in the area as a successful turmeric farmer.
Sanjit Kumar Mohanty and Ashwini Kumar Pandey of SR Farms Producer of Pipili – 4 in Puri district have got success in mushroom farming.
As India completes 75 years of Independence this year, sarpanches of Vibrant Villages, teachers, nurses, farmers, fishermen, laborers who helped build the Central Vista Project in New Delhi, khadi sector workers, national award-winning school teachers, Border Roads Organisation workers, and those who helped and worked for the Amrit Sarovar Projects and Har Ghar Jal Yojana Projects, implemented in various parts of the country, have been invited along with their spouse to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi this year.
