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Short film on farm woes tugs at heartstrings
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Showcased at film festival, ‘Buchad’ wins award
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Vishal Garad receiving the best short film award at the Jai Chandiram Memorial 3rd National Community Media Film Festival in Sangareddy district.
| Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF
Showcased at film festival, ‘Buchad’ wins award
Last monsoon, two farmers had been washed away in the flood waters while trying to save their crops in Solapur district of Maharashtra. The same district has witnessed a high suicide rate among farmers.
Heart-rending stories of farmers’ struggles were put together in a short film by Vishal Vijay Garad, a lecturer and son of a farmer couple. He owns five acres of land in Pangri village of Solapur district, but his parents Vijay and Mohini are active farmers who grow jowar, wheat and soyabean. Mr Garad has heard and seen innumerable stories of farmers incurring heavy losses due to unseasonal or incessant rain. He blames
Updated Jan 15, 2021 | 21:31 IST
A leopard got electrocuted to death at a farming field in Jawan area in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night. Human-wildlife conflict: Leopard dies of electrocution in UP [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Forest officials said the owner of the farming field had electrified the fence to protect his crop from stray animals.
The leopard s body parts, including nails, teeth and tail were intact.
Officials recovered the carcass and sent it to IVRI Bareilly for post-mortem examination.
Aligarh: In a tragic case of human-wildlife conflict, a leopard died of electrocution after coming in contact with electrified fence erected around a farming field in Jawan area of Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh on Thursday. Forest officials, after being informed, reached to the spot and sent the carcass for necropsy.