After preparing up to 20 kilos of sakhkhar from one granary, I carry it to the headquarters for sale.
Since Baje's time, Panchkhapan Municipality-4, Dobhantar did not end. Maybe it's because of the love of the village, I have been living in that village till I was 53 years old. At the age of ten, he learned to make sakhkhar from his father by grinding sugarcane, so it has been easy to support the household expenses until now. After suffering for a whole year, I have finished eating two snacks in the morning and evening. If you don't learn this work, it will be a family cat!
Being born in an ordinary peasant family, he did not pay attention to reading. Children, teenagers, and youths spent their time eating sugarcane without any rest. It is necessary to earn a little from wage labor when there is no work. My main job is making sugar. Therefore, from November to the end of February, I wake up at 5 am and am busy making sugarcane.
Since sugarcane is the main season now, I make two grain sakhkhar morning-evening . Sakhkhar is prepared from sugarcane juice within 4 hours of sowing. After preparing up to 20 kilos of sakhkhar from one granary, I carry it to the headquarters for sale. It costs 3/400 to take it to the car, so I will carry it myself to save money.
After reaching the capital in four hours, I go door-to-door and sell them one by one. As there is a lot of production in the season, only 250 rupees per kilo is available. After the sugary yam is over, it costs up to 500 rupees per kilo. Since there is no place to store it, the profit of the sakhkhar sold by the farmers during the season is taken by the traders.
When I come back after selling sakhkar, I come back to buy salt, oil and rice . A bag of 25 kg of rice costs 2400 . You have to pay 26 rupees for a packet of salt and 200 rupees for half a liter of oil in the village shop. There is no need to buy sugar for tea as it is made at home.
I have saved a little extra money from household expenses to buy a machine to turn the ox and grind sugarcane in the old style. Sometimes, even 3/4 thousand saved from going to the headquarters for treatment in case of illness will be spent. After dropping out from class 9, son Hemraj and his mother Krishnamaya are helping in the work. Even when doing manual labor, sometimes you feel sad when you don't get paid. After suffering and educating my daughter till graduation, I got my daughter married .
The machine that rotates with the help of an ox that is understood by going to the market is 2 and the one that is powered by a generator costs 4 lakhs . Domestic and small industry office, ward and municipality also asked if they can get it from the subsidy. Despite applying four times, he was disappointed when he did not receive it. My business is registered with the tax office, industry and commerce association, municipality and household . Sitting in a house made of stone and mud, I planted sugarcane on a small piece of land .
Even if you sell 400,000 in a year, the income and expenses are equal. After the season of making and selling sakhkhar is over, it will be difficult to avoid household expenses . That's why I go to build houses, carry heavy loads and build roads for 7 months of the year . Working earns 700 rupees a day. If the wages are not met, I will ask for a loan from Sahun and bring the goods . To pay the rest of the money, I wait for the day when sugarcane is harvested and made dry. Because of sadness, Sukhi can't buy the clothes she likes. We change our clothes during Dasain. Otherwise, bring the old clothes to the wash.
presentation: Dipendra Shakya
