Team News Riveting
New Delhi, September 26
Phulwama has been once a synonym of deadly terror attacks in Kashmir. But the two brothers have now given the restive district of Jammu and Kashmir a new identity.
Bilal Ahmad Sheikh and his brother Muneer Ahmad Sheikh have set up a vermicompost unit in Pulwama. Their aim is to produce bio-fertilisers and pesticides for local villages and to generate employment in the district. Such local initiatives strive to spur eco-friendly agricultural practices to increase yield for local farmers.
The initiative of Bilal and Muneer was highlighted by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in his 81st episode of Mann Ki Baat. “Friends, moving beyond traditional farming, novel initiatives and options are being done in agriculture and are continuously creating new means of self-employment. The story of two brothers from Pulwama is also an example of this,” the Prime Minister said.
The way Bilal Ahmed Sheikh and Munir Ahmed Sheikh found new avenues for themselves in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, they are an example of New India. “39 years old Bilal Ahmed ji is highly qualified; he has obtained many degrees. He is now using his experience of higher education by launching his own start-up in agriculture. Bilal ji has installed a unit of Vermi composting at his home,” Narendra Modi said.
The bio-fertilizer prepared from this unit has not only benefited a lot in agriculture; it has also brought employment opportunities to the people. Every year, farmers are getting about three thousand quintals of Vermicompost from the units managed by these brothers. Today 15 people are also working in this Vermicomposting unit. A large number of people are reaching to see this unit, and most of them are young people who want to do something in the agriculture sector.
The Sheikh brothers of Pulwama took a pledge to become a job creator instead of a job seeker and today they are showing a new path not only to Jammu and Kashmir, but to the people across the country as well.
