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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 do the sugarcane farming?
02:45We did not have anything before.
02:47Before, there were people who were doing it.
02:52Now, they have removed everything.
02:54The farming that we did was not done with sugarcane.
02:57We did it with sugarcane.
02:59We did it because we got benefits from the sugarcane.
03:02We got opportunities.
03:04We got opportunities to train people.
03:06We went there and said that if we get benefits,
03:08then we will get benefits from it.
03:10We did not get any benefits from it.
03:12What did you get from it?
03:14We got money from the sugarcane.
03:18We got money from the sugarcane.
03:20We got money from the sugarcane.
03:22We got money from the sugarcane.
03:24We got money from the sugarcane.
03:26We do anything for our benefit.
03:29If we sell it or do anything, we will get benefits.
03:34It will increase.
03:36That'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 from Patna came to us.
04:05Earlier, we did not farm sugarcane.
04:08But we were facing a lot of problems.
04:11We were facing a lot of problems to make sugarcane juice.
04:13We were facing a lot of problems to make sugarcane juice.
04:15We were not farming.
04:18But when we came to Patna, some officers came.
04:21They said, you don't have any problem.
04:23You can do sugarcane farming.
04:25According to them, they did it in more than 20 acres.
04:30Among them, we are also in 4 acres.
04:32But the sugarcane is now drying.
04:35The sugarcane is drying.
04:36We don't know about the machine.
04:37Vijay Agarwal had informed us about it.
04:39We take responsibility for it.
04:41We will get the machine from somewhere.
04:43You can do it, sir.
04:44You will get facilities.
04:45But nothing like this has happened yet.
04:47The people here said that they are now promoting this type of farming.
04:51But the government will also have to take some steps forward.
04:54For ATV Bharat, I am Satyajit Singh from Gaya.