Piplantri is a village in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan state in India. There is a unique tradition of planting trees on birth of a female child which is opposite to most cases we hear about of female foeticide and other female crimes in the country. People in this village plant 111 trees on birth of a female child. To prevent these trees from insects and pests villagers plant aloe-vera near these trees. This initiative was started 6 years back and as of now there are 252000 trees growing in full bloom and 2.5 million aloe-vera plants growing under these trees. As a result village has commercialized aloe-vera plantation and sell aloe-verea cream,juice etc. This information is available on website "www.piplantri.com". Due to this unique tradition this village is seen as a role model for declining female sex ratio and going to be self sustainability.
No comments:
Post a Comment