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Turban tide: Sikhs farm script success stories in Tamil Nadu :- "Locals thought we were crazy to purchase barren plots with wild growth of thorny bushes," said Darshan Singh.

The area was completely abandoned and residents had given up farming in the arid zone heavily dependent on rains for irrigation.

Many farmers from Punjab sold their fields and bought very cheap land in the backwoods of Tamil Nadu, with prices as low as Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 an acre. HT Photo

"This is easily the most scientific farm in this part of the world. It is amazing to see this in drought-prone Ramanathapuram," Kannan tells HT.

Manmohan Singh and 46-year-old Darshan Singh arrived in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district in 2007 on the advice of their guru, a retired horticulture professor in Himachal Pradesh.

The key reason was that land was very cheap in the backwoods here, with prices as low as Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 an acre.

The wait has been fruitful and the hard work has been rewarded, says Manmohan Singh, describing the attention, admiration and even envy the success has brought.

The success story has had resonance in his home state with many more farmers arriving here to try their luck.

"In two years, you will see a much bigger Punjab in Ramanathapuram," said an elated Manmohan Singh.

Full article in the link below 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/turban-tide-sikhs-farm-script-success-stories-in-tamil-nadu/story-KEBNnMGxUcYMKNzQutSxbN.html

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