Students of social work college in Nagpur adopt village

Students of the city-based Tirpude College of Social Work, which has completed 50 years, have adopted a village in Kalmeshwar taluka in Nagpur for five years, with an aim to turn it into an "ideal" village.
Ladai village, which has been adopted by the students, is home to 316 tribal people, who follow farming as their main profession, Rajkumar Tirpude president of Yugantar education Society, which runs the college, said.
"Inadequate agriculture production due to irregular rainfall has turned the farmers debt-ridden," Tirpude, who is the son of Maharashtra's first Deputy Chief Minister, late Nashikrao Tirpude, said.
"In the next five years, the students will focus on the livestock management and introduce alternative agriculture methods, water management and sanitation systems and also give emphasis on cleanliness. This will be done without any financial assistance from the government," he said.

Similarly, training in sericulture, poultry, goat farming, quail farming will be provided to the villagers.
These students, who have received guidance from well-known water conservationist Dr Rajendra Singh will work for water conservation in the village, he added.