Piplantri, a small village within the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan is combating feminine foeticide by giving the village a inexperienced makeover — all due to its sarpanch (village head).

After dropping his daughter, sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal was struck by grief. The villagers finally reminded him of his duties to the village as its head, and in a gesture of paying tribute to his daughter, they planted a tree.

“I used to be touched by the gesture, and on the identical day, we determined to plant 111 timber for each woman youngster that takes delivery within the village. And for a lady youngster born in a poor household, we determined to gather Rs 21,000 and make a set deposit for her,” says Shyam Sundar.

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Shyam Sundar used the ‘panchayat-at-your-doorstep’ programme to tour the villages and communicate to ladies about empowerment. He inspired aged women, grandmothers and aunts of the woman infants to keep up and defend these timber.

The panchayat (village council) additionally organises numerous festivals round these timber to encourage the villagers to maintain up the apply.

What was as soon as a water-deficient village, has now changed into a inexperienced oasis with totally different styles of timber.

“At the moment now we have 3,51,000 timber like mango, sheesham (North Indian rosewood), banyan, and peepal in our village. A spot which was barren is now a ‘Nandan Van’ (forest of happiness),” he shares.

Shyam Sundar was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions in 2021. He’s now specializing in bringing extra employment alternatives for the youth, so they aren’t pressured to go away villages searching for work within the cities.

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Edited by Pranita Bhat

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