Arunchal’s 82-yr-old Finest Dad or mum award winner turns agri-entrepreneur –

Itanagar: An aged village main in Arunachal Pradesh, who aside from parenting a file number of youngsters as officers in the Arunachal Pradesh govt, for which he and his far better 50 percent Mongam Ete Padu obtained the ‘Governor of AP Point out award for Finest Parent’, has turned into a successful agri-entrepreneur at the age of 82 many years.

Pogam Padu, head Gaon Burah of Kamdi village, West Siang, has accomplished the ‘milestone’ by establishing the very first purely natural rubber sheet producing unit underneath the aegis of ‘Pogam Padu Rubber Estate’ at Hiri, Kamdi village near the district headquarters, Aalo. The unit was inaugurated on Sunday.

In the year 2007, he began rising rubber trees on an experimental basis which have been procured from some nurseries of Itanagar. Then he began his individual rubber plant nursery by buying stumps from Guwahati-based Manimalayar Rubber Board in 2011 and planted the cash crops in 2013.

Out of 7 ‘Pogam Padu Rubber Estates’, two were damaged wholly due to the ‘TAH’ (Trans-Arunachal Freeway) development functions in 2016 and now only five rubber estates keep on being with much more than 8,000 rubber trees.

On reaching out to Pogam Padu, on how he came across these kinds of an thought, the octogenarian explained that he did it all by choice.

He is fond of planting trees and retaining a eco-friendly setting and considered of plantations. At the very same time, he stated he wished a permanent supply of earnings, therefore ventured into rubber plantation. He is the initially rubber grower of West Siang district.

The octogenarian claimed later on he begun receiving technical assistance from field officers of Rubber Board of India, Itanagar, and scientists from the Manimalayar Rubber Board. He is grateful to the Arunachal Pradesh authorities for giving roller machines totally free of charge by the District Agricultural Officer of West Siang district. His rubber estates are registered with the Rubber Board at Itanagar.

Padu has given a clarion phone to all the villagers of Kamdi, Darka and the complete Aalo area to go for rubber plantation as lasting occupation to strengthen their economic…