Vinod Srivastava, Amrit thoughts. Even today, women are not considered good in the rural environment to earn a living by crossing the threshold of the house. There are restrictions from home to family in this direction. But instead of taking care of the taunts of the society, Shalini of Ratupura of Thakurdwara development block has made her mark through the products of cow dung and jute. Today, the sale of products made by their group is being sold not only in Moradabad but also in Uttarakhand and the capital of the country, in Himachal and other states.
Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission has become a support for women in rural areas. Using this ladder, poor families and less educated women have also become a link to the development of the country by achieving economic self -reliance. This is how Shalini of Ratupura village of Thakurdwara development block. By the way, Shalini has studied up to graduation. But due to keeping in the rural environment, some fetters of society and family were in their feet. Seeing the financial constraints himself and the family struggling, he crossed the house regardless of the taunts of the society. He formed Anshika Self Help Group in 2021 through Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission. Get training through NABARD and gained proficiency in making jute bags and other products.
After this, in this scheme of the government, by taking loans at one percent interest and adding women to the group and women started making bottle bags, side bags, school bags, shopping bags and files. Later, apart from this work, he started work by taking information about making products from cow dung. Shalini says that due to the introduction of dung and jute work due to the rural environment, the taunts of the people of the society were heard. However, due to the struggle, he did not care about them and added the sisters to the Vikas Bhavan and took forward the work with the department officials. Today, the demand for products made of jute and cow dung is increasing.
Sometimes he was a tight, today Lakhpati Didi
Shalini was once worried due to financial constraints. But after taking information about the plan, he decided to prove himself by crossing the threshold of the house. Then what was the worry of taunting and discouraged by the people. Just focused on his goal and carried forward the work. The farmer husband who cultivated in limited area also supported the wife’s spirits. Whose life of his life started running and today he has become a millionaire Didi by earning 12-15 thousand rupees every month. She says that earnings in the festive season reach Rs 25-50,000.
These dung products are in great demand
The Anshika Self Help Group not only promotes desi style through dung products but is also making the environment eco friendly. On Diwali, there is a great demand for the statue of Ganesh Lakshmi created by his group. Apart from the idol of Gods and Goddesses from cow dung, she is making Samrani Cup, Clock, Momento, Acupressure Machine etc.
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