Lakshmipur village in Jagtial district of Telangana tells a tale of women empowerment. Women farmers are reaching their farmlands without anyone’s help as they are driving scooters to reach their fields quickly.

The days of them banking on male members of their families for big and small chores are over and now they not only are self-dependent, but also help other women labourers.

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Lakshmipur village is a small village with a population of just 5,000 people and out of these, 1,200 families are dependent on agriculture. Now women in the village reach their farmlands quickly  without having to wait for the buses for hours. The women are also using these scooties to transport their farm produce such as vegetable to town market in Jagtial and other nearby markets. The New Indian Express reported.

 A farmer, S Saritha told TNIE that they have to work twice as hard as men to be at par with the men as their scooties help them a great deal. 

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Women farmers of Lakshmipur village in Jagtial district in Telangana state. Picture Credit: The New Indian Express

“We are using two-wheelers to save time as land holdings are about three km away from their village,” she says.

Around 70 farmers in the village got to the fields on scooters and men of the village help them in every possible way. Paddy, turmeric, ginger, banana, groundnuts and vegetables are the main crops the villagers including these women farmers grow.

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