Maharashtra: Cong leader’s NGO adopts 208 farmer families in Ahmednagar district
An NGO led by Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district is all set to adopt 208 farmer families, whose sole bread winners have committed suicide owing to agrarian crisis in the region.
The foundation known as Padma Bhushan Dr Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil will be launched on June 15 and has decided to adopt distressed farmer families from Ahmednagar district, its Chief Executive Officer Sujay Vikhe Patil said.
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, a former Union minister was a visionary and engaged in several social works. The veteran Congressman’s son Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is presently Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly. He has served as the Agriculture minister in the previous Congress-NCP regime.
The initiative will commence on his birthday (June 15), Sujay said adding various social programmes are organised every year on the occasion.
The foundation will provide aide to the wife, parents and children of 208 farmer families in Ahmednagar district, he said.
It will take care of education, marriage and health-care needs of these families. It will also try to provide a source of income by supporting the family to start a business or secure a job, he said.
These are families that are already covered under some government scheme. “However, we conducted …read more
