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A transformed land beckons one to return home
For Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) Satyanarayan Singh of Rudrapur village had left home to earn a livelihood by driving lorries across India. However, a visit home put him in touch with the WOTR home who guided him to make his land productive. When 36-year-old Satyanarayan Singh of Rudrapur village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district left home to drive lorries across India, little did he imagine that one day he would return to farm in that very piece of land that was once bare

Azera Rahman
Dec 8, 20256 min read
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