Mrs. Latha - Melasedevimangalam Village
Mrs. Latha (30) W/o Maheswaran is belongs to Scheduled caste community and living in Melasedevimangalam village, Manachanallur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. She got second marriage with Mr. Maheswaran. Her first husband was died in an accident in 2014. She has a girl child. Once she connected with Mr. Maheswaran and gets marriage legally with him. Mr. Maheswaran is a car driver addicted for alcohol and involved in theft and illegal activities and often at jail. Recently, he was punished in a case and now in jail. Now she has two girls for Mr.Maheswaran.
She becomes a member in Roja Self help group six years back and involved in regular savings. Two years back, she get internal loan from the group and invest some additional amount and invest the same to lease ½ acre of land and cultivate paddy and blackgram.
Recently, she harvested 310 kg of blackgram and sold 250 blackgram to the Farmer’s Producer Company promoted by Vasantham Pengal Sangam and retains the balance to her family. She get fair price for her products. She told “I have to wait few months to get good price for my blackgram. But now I get good price from Mrs. Padma, Company owner for my blackgram immediately after harvest. Thanks to Ms. Padma. I will use this amount to take some more land for lease” said Mrs.Latha.