PROBASHI- A Cultural News Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2 | Page 34

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Mangal Turbine : Where is the Applause

of apathy and our celebration of
mediocrity. What went wrong?
Had Shri Singh had remained
confined to his innovation with the
turbine; things would have been
much simpler. He however also
became
a
corruption
and
environmental
crusader
and
exposed irregularities in the gram
panchayat. He was also vociferous
against depletion of natural
resources such as canals and hills in
Bundelkhand region by the mafia,
who
enjoy
political
and
administrative patronage. The
system struck back- his land was
auctioned citing him as a defaulter
on usage of govt funds- which was
later found to be false by the
Ministry of Rural Development. A
part of his ancestral property has
been usurped by the mafia for
constructing a petrol pump for
which he is fighting a long winding
court case and if that was not
enough, he has failed to acquire a
passport even after 16 years of
applying for it. Adverse police
reports saying “that he held a d X