As impressive as Taj: Anand Mahindra would be ‘honored’ to gift a tractor to the farmer who dug a 3 km long canal in 3 decades | India News


New DelhiAnand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, said on Saturday (September 19, 2020) that it would be an honor if the farmer who had dug a 3 km long canal in 3 decades in Bihar, used the Mahindra tractor.

Anand, known for his generosity, responded to an image in which a user tagged him and asked, “I think Mahindra would be proud to honor this man.”

The 65-year-old billionaire businessman who had already heard the farmer’s story replied: “I had tweeted that I think his canal is as impressive a monument as the Taj or the Pyramids. At Mahindra we would consider it an honor to have him use our tractor.”

Bihar’s other ‘Manjhi’ came into the spotlight when the ANI news agency reported that it had dug a three-kilometer-long canal to carry rainwater coming down from the nearby hills to the fields of its village, Kothilawa in the Lahthua area of ​​Gaya. in Bihar.

“It took me 30 years to dig this canal that brings the water to a pond in the village,” said Laungi Bhuiyan, who has single-handedly dug the canal in Gaya. “For the past 30 years, I was going to the nearby jungle to tend my livestock and dig the canal. No one joined me in this effort … Villagers go to the cities to earn a living, but I decided to stay behind,” he added .

The news went viral on social media platforms and was also found on Anand’s timeline. He retweeted an article about it and said: “Many glorious monuments have been built involving sweat and work over decades. But those were generally the visions of absolute monarchs using the work of their subjects. To me, this humble canal is no less glorious than the pyramids or the Taj. “

Earlier, the day after Anand’s wish to give the farmer a Mahindra tractor, a Twitterati asked him how he could contribute with such good gestures. Anand replied: “You are the first to make such an offer. I believe that the real power of giving is harnessed when people take collective action. In fact, the number of people who need support after Covid will increase. We can ascend as a nation. if ‘we collaborate with the welfare of the community’. We will explore the creation of such a site. “

Anand’s response received a positive response from Twitter as people said it would be a great initiative and they will feel more comfortable contributing to their platform as they know the money will be used well to help the right people the right way. correct.

Some users said that we all do this in our individual capacity, but if we can come together, then everything can be more effective and impactful.

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