Deori, a non-descript village 15 km from State Capital, was again in news today, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned about the village in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The village which is known as aloe vera village has now started making its mark at the national international map.
Modi in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Sunday, made a special mention about the village, how villagers led by village head Manju Kachhap after getting training from Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) have gone for aloe vera cultivation thereby increasing their income through cultivation of medicinal plants, and also making the society healthy. It is not for the first time that a village from Jharkhand has found place in PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’, earlier he had talked about Ara Keram (Ormanjhi block) village in Ranchi where villagers have taken a noble initiative in water conservation.
Modi appreciating the effort of villagers said that Manju Kachhap has converted the village into Aloe Vera village. After taking training from Birsa Agricultural University located in Ranchi, she started the cultivation of aloe vera in her village. She has a team of 40 women with her. All of them are cultivating aloe vera in several acres of land.
The PM added due to cultivation of medicinal plants, the villagers’ income had not decreased even during the Corona period, as several companies making sanitizers have contacted them directly. These women have really set an example.
Modi who returned from US today after participating at the UN meet in his Mann Ki Baat aired at All India Radio said that he came to know about the village after one Satish Jee informed him about the village through letter.
Deori village which is around 15 km from Ranchi is a small village with a vast chunk of population engaged in agriculture. After coming in contact with the team of Birsa Agricultural University, Manju Kachhap started cultivating Aloe Vera on her own land in the village. Slowly she earned the trust of fellow villagers who too started cultivating this medicinal plant. Now in this village, pharmaceutical companies, traders are constantly contacting for aloe vera.
Kachhap says that in 2018 she contacted the team of scientists of BAU (Faculty of Forestry). Getting training from university, she took the initiative of aloe vera cultivation in her village. After seven days of training, he started cultivating aloe vera on his own 25 decimal land. Around 40 people from the village have received training from BAU. Now there are many families who have started showing interest by understanding the benefits of aloe vera cultivation.