Impact: 'Bullock' farmer gets help

CNN-IBN

Akola (Maharashtra): After CNN-= IBN reported on the plight of a farmer in Vidarbha district of Maharshtra forced to fill in for his bullock to plough fields, help has been pouring in.

= The image of a battered Shamkar Daberao seems to have touched a chord with people around the country.

Prakash, a railway employee in Mumbai, took the problem by the horns and decided to help Daberao.

Tendulkar owns a farm in Murbad and has offered his favourite bull Nandi to the farmer.

= "After watching the story on CNN-IBN, I immediately decided to donate a bull which= I had in my farm. That was the least I could do,” = Tendulkar says.

Uday Pratap Singh is another good Samaritan who came forward to help this farmer. Singh took the responsibili= ty of transporting the bull from Murbad to Akola where Daberao says.

= "I saw the story aon CNN-IBN and was pained by the= poor farmers plight that's when i contacted the Channel and offered to transport the bull to Akola,̶= 1; says Singh.

= After 12 hours and 600 km of journey, Nandi finally r= eached the Daberaos heralding good times for the famil= y.

= “We are grateful to the people and CNN-IBN for their help and support,” <= span class=3DSpellE>Daberao says.

= What started out as a news story has ended up as a life-saver for this family.

= It wouldn’t have been possible without the help of viewers of CNN-IBN and readers at IBNLive.com.

Link to the article on the net (with a video):

= http://www.ibnlive.com/news/impact-bullock-farmer-gets-help/20616-3.= html

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