Young girl finds success in Rakthashali farming
The Hindu
Muhamma native to harvest paddy cultivated on 75 cents today
Thirteen-year-old Banupriya M.S. is super-excited that she will be reaping the fruits of her hard work on Saturday.
The young girl, a resident of Kallapuram in Muhamma, will harvest Rakthashali, a nearly extinct variety of rice that she cultivated on 75 cents of karapadam (upland rice field), in the presence of Agriculture Minister P. Prasad and grama panchayat and Agriculture Department officials.
“It is my first shot at paddy farming. I never thought it would be a great success. Everyone says it is going to be a bountiful harvest and I am eagerly looking forward to the end product of four months of hard work,” says Bhanupriya, standing beside the ready-to-harvest paddy crops.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.