Khunti

Ajay Sharma, founder of Sewa Welfare Society, has introduced check dams made using gunny bags, in Khunti district of Jharkhand

“For survival, our people would literally scale mountains and carry several litres of water over their shoulders. But, things are changing for good now.”

Instead of focusing on the regular crops, JSLPS encourages women to get involved in horticulture and plantation of medicinal plants. The specific occupation for them is suggested district-wise.

Khunti district in Jharkhand has been infamous for illegal poppy farming for a long time with dealers luring the villagers to cultivate opium, offering them huge amounts of money.

Villagers of Jharkhand are becoming richer every day through fish farming. The state which once produced only 14,000 metric tonnes of fish a year is now producing over 1.90 lakh metric tonnes.