A canal dug alone for 20 years for irrigation, the businessman will now give a tractor as a gift

Lucknow, Ta. 19. Saturday 2020 September

Longi Bhuiyan, a Bihar farmer who has dug a five-kilometer-long canal for irrigation alone in 20 years, is in the spotlight.

Like Dasharath Manji, who paved the mountain in Bihar, Longi had been digging a canal for 20 years to bring water to the farm for irrigation. He has dug a canal five kilometers long, four feet wide and three feet deep.

Now that his feat has gone viral on social media, people are extending a helping hand. Industrialist Anand Mahindra has announced to give him a tractor as a gift, saying, "I will be very proud to give this tractor."

Laungi Bhuiyan says, "I was thinking that if there is an irrigation facility, people can cultivate better. In the forest, when I used to take the animals to graze every day, the animals would gather at one place to drink water. So the idea of ​​digging a canal came at that time and from the next day I went out to dig a canal with a shovel and other equipment.

Today, Loungi is 65 years old and his family did not stop him from working hard for 20 years.

It would be my good fortune to give him a tractor. As you know, I had tweeted that I think his canal is as impressive as a monument as the Taj or the Pyramids. We at ahMahindraRise would consider it an honor to have him use our tractor. How can our team reach him @ rohinverma2410 ? https://t.co/tnGC5c4j8b

- anand mahindra (andanandmahindra) September 19, 2020