PATNA: Muzaffarpur’s Devki Devi has emerged as a logo of ladies empowerment via self-help teams in Bihar. A resident of Ratanpura underneath Bochaha block, she shot to repute on Sunday when PM Narendra Modi referred to her because the “Sun Didi” in his per 30 days radio programme “Mann ki Baat”. Married at a tender age to Sunil Sahni and a mom of 4, Devki’s circle of relatives as soon as struggled to make ends meet.She first was fascinated about solar power after listening to CM Nitish Kumar talk about its possible for farmland irrigation and home intake. Her circle of relatives discouraged her from taking a mortgage to arrange a sun plant of their small box, however participants of the native JEEViKA crew persuaded her to head forward. Now president of the Krishna JEEViKA self-help crew, Devki took a mortgage from a basis and put in sun panels on part a kattha of land in 2023. “Now, I take cost from the farmers via UPI. I’m serving to 112 farmers via irrigating their greater than 40 acres of land with solar power and likewise incomes a just right source of revenue,” she instructed newshounds. Her husband Sunil is pleased with her good fortune. “I want her higher days in long run,” he mentioned as newshounds thronged their sun pump station. He recalled the tricky duration after dropping his activity as a day by day salary sweeper at a non-public financial institution in 2022, adopted via a devastating hearth that destroyed their family assets. When starvation loomed massive, Devki realized about JEEViKA’s sun irrigation scheme. She mentioned that variety used to be via a lottery gadget however she used to be lucky to be selected for a mortgage of Rs 1.5 lakh. “First of all, my circle of relatives and the villagers mentioned the scheme used to be a fraud. However I were given the strengthen of JEEViKA didis, whom I joined, and controlled to get the pump put in via taking a mortgage at 10% passion,” she mentioned. Lately, Devki no longer simplest sustains her circle of relatives but additionally motivates others in her village to undertake solar energy, making sure irrigated fields and higher earning for the neighborhood.