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| Kargil hero fights battle against m |
| Kargil hero fights battle against mining mafia in his village
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| INDIA
, 6-October-2012
8:48:0 AM |
| Jai Ram, age 35, is a local hero in his Dabla village in north Rajasthan, a 140 km drive from Jaipur. His recognition is well-earned. In his small house, his medal -the Vir Chakra- earned for service to the nation as a jawan of the Rajputana Rifles in the Kargil War sits on his prayer platform.
But in this village of Dabla, where his valour is legendary, he is now a wanted man with six police cases against him, accusing him of violence and damaging public property.
On August 31 this year, Jai Ram quit the army. He has a wife and two young children, and an old mother to support, but he decided that he wanted to help the village fight a mining mafia whose size and aggression were both scaling up.
Today there is no war on our border. I defended my Nation then so now it's my duty to fight the enemy within, to fight against corruption and to help the common man in my village," says Jai Ram.
This part of Rajasthan, near the Haryana border, is rich in gravel stones. The nearest mines are just a five minutes walk away. In violation of all licenses and laws, the mines had encroached so far into the village that many huts had cracked walls, the result of blasts used in the stone quarries.
The homes that bore the brunt of the violations had been funded by a government scheme to provide housing for the poor.
The mining mafia also carved out a road in the middle of the village's pasture. Heavy trucks began passing through. The health and safety of villagers and their cattle was being jeopardized.
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