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00:00We have just reached the area of Biraj, which is a highly affected area of Naxalism.
00:05It lies in the Sohail Thana area.
00:07Earlier, this area used to be farmed by Afeem.
00:10But today, this area is being recognized by the sugarcane juice.
00:14Although, the farmers who had put their hopes on the sugarcane department are not getting the benefits.
00:20But as a main stream, the farmers here have adopted the sugarcane farming.
00:25We had a meeting with the farmers here.
00:29There were 40-50 of us.
00:32At that time, Mr. Bijay Agarwal was with us.
00:35He said that if we work with the sugarcane department, we will get some benefits.
00:40We had prepared a formula for them.
00:44But till now, the government has not made any announcement.
00:47And the farming of Afeem used to take place a long time ago.
00:51We were going to get stuck in that farming.
00:54But Mr. Bijay Agarwal refused.
00:56He said that this is wrong.
00:58Farmers should do sugarcane farming.
01:01You will get benefits from it.
01:03First, we were affected.
01:05We get stuck in some way.
01:08Who is going to look after us?
01:10So, we have stopped farming Afeem in this area.
01:14We have been farming sugarcane for 5-6 years now.
01:17Till now, no announcement has been made.
01:19No unit has been set up here.
01:21If the government pays attention, you will get benefits.
01:23We will concentrate on farming.
01:26This area has already been affected by sugarcane.
01:29You know it.
01:31The government knows it.
01:32Everyone knows it.
01:33Due to the fact that this area is affected by sugarcane,
01:35there were many sources of illegal farming.
01:39At the same time, Afeem was also there.
01:42As soon as the farming of Afeem started here,
01:45we encouraged them to do sugarcane farming.
01:50We turned towards sugarcane instead of farming Afeem.
01:54We wanted to do sugarcane farming.
01:56Today, you can see that I have around 100 acres of sugarcane farming.
02:01What kind of support do you get from the sugarcane department?
02:05What kind of support do you get from the sugarcane department?
02:07When we set up a farmer's group for sugarcane farming,
02:1020 of us sat together and discussed
02:14that we should not do illegal farming.
02:16If we are doing illegal farming,
02:18then the name of the village and society should not be ruined.
02:21The name of the village should be bright.
02:23We thought about sugarcane.
02:25At the same time, we talked to the sugarcane department.
02:27We had a meeting here a couple of times.
02:29They said that they will install a sugarcane unit here.
02:31Your sugarcane will be sold at a high price.
02:33And you will also have facilities to make sugarcane.
02:36But the sugarcane department has not installed anything yet.
02:38And it is on the map that it is here.
02:42Tell us, how did you start sugarcane farming?
02:44What happened before?
02:45Before, we did not have anything.
02:48Before, people used to come and do farming.
02:52Now, they have removed everything.
02:54Our farm has been cut down.
02:56We have not started sugarcane farming.
02:58We have started sugarcane farming.
03:00We are doing it because we get benefits from it.
03:02We get opportunities.
03:04We get training.
03:06We have gone to the people.
03:08If you get benefits, you will get benefits.
03:10If you do not get anything, you will not get anything.
03:12What do you mean by that?
03:14People say that if you do sugarcane farming, you will get money.
03:18You will get opportunities.
03:20If you do not get anything, you will not get opportunities.
03:25If we do anything, we do it for our own benefit.
03:29If we sell it or do something, we will get benefits.
03:34It will increase.
03:35That's why we do it.
03:37Where did you get the idea to do sugarcane farming?
03:39We got the idea to do sugarcane farming from Vijay Agarwal.
03:45He told us about it.
03:47We used to earn and eat.
03:49We did sugarcane farming in one place.
03:52We did it with a lot of farmers.
03:54We got a lot of benefits from it.
03:59Vijay Agarwal came to us from Patna.
04:05We did not do sugarcane farming before.
04:09But then there was a lot of trouble.
04:11To extract the juice of sugarcane.
04:13To make sugarcane sweet.
04:14There was a lot of trouble.
04:16So we stopped farming.
04:19But when we came to Patna, there were 3-4 officers.
04:22They told us to do sugarcane farming.
04:25According to them, we did sugarcane farming in more than 20 acres.
04:31We also have 4 acres.
04:33But now the sugarcane is drying up.
04:36We do not know about the machine.
04:38Vijay Agarwal had informed us about it.
04:40That we take responsibility for it.
04:42We will get the machine from somewhere.
04:44So that you can do it easily.
04:46But nothing has happened yet.
04:48The people here said that they are encouraging this type of farming.
04:52But the government also has to take some steps forward.
04:55For ATV Bharat, I am Satyajit Singh from Gaya.