A government teacher is working alongside his job and farming in a dark zone, where the groundwater level has dropped to more than 800 feet. He has cultivated castor, which grows in low-water conditions, as a source of income. A disease caused standing crops to dry up and spoil, leaving the fields vacant for several years. Last year, he cultivated 22 bighas of land, earning nearly 9 lakh rupees. Seeing the good profits, he increased the area to …
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A government teacher is working alongside his job and farming in a dark zone, where the groundwater level has dropped to more than 800 feet. He has cultivated castor, which grows in low-water conditions, as a source of income. A disease caused standing crops to dry up and spoil, leaving the fields vacant for several years. Last year, he cultivated 22 bighas of land, earning nearly 9 lakh rupees. Seeing the good profits, he increased the area to …