Laungi Bhuiyan

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Laungi Bhuiyan is an Indian farmer from Kothilawa in Lahthua area of Gaya, India known for carving out a 3-km-long canal for rainwater conveyance from a nearby hills which is used in the fields of Kothilawa, Lahthua area of Gaya.[1]

He used to feed cattle in a jungle, and subsequently carved out a canal that reportedly took him thirty years to complete the work.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ "Bihar: Meet Laungi Bhuiyan, Gaya's new Dashrath Manjhi, who dug out 3-km-long canal". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Man in Bihar carves out 3-km-long canal in 30 years to irrigate parched fields". livemint.com. September 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Meet Laungi Bhuiyan, a man from Bihar who digs out canal single-handedly | City - Times of India Videos". The Times of India.

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