Bhuabneswar: Former cricketer VVS Laxman on Saturday praised the exemplary contribution of Daitari Naik of Odisha’s Keonjhar district, who has been honoured with Padma Shri.
In the tweet, he spoke about the 70-year-old farmer and how he created a 3-km-long canal through a mountain with a hoe and a crowbar.
70 year old farmer Shri. Daitari Naik of Keonjhar district in Odisha created a 3 km canal through a mountain with a hoe and a crowbar. His exemplary contribution gets recognised as he is to be conferred with a Padma Shri ?? #PadmaAwards pic.twitter.com/4l7p8sV5cM
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 25, 2019
The ‘Canal Man’ of Baitarani village under Banspal blcok, Daitari had a tough time digging a canal through the hills. He hogged headlines after carving out about the 3-kilometer-long canal to bring water from Karatakata Nullah by breaking rocks to irrigate his cultivated land.
