B.Com Farmer Transforms Desert: Turns Saline Water Sweet, Grows Pomegranates, Earns 4 Cr

• Omprakash Mehta, a B.Com graduate from Barmer, chose farming over a job, transforming arid land.
• He overcame challenges of saline water and harsh desert conditions using filtration, chemical treatment, and drip irrigation.
• Mehta cultivated 25,000 pomegranate plants on 175 bigha land, achieving remarkable success.
• His pomegranates, including the Saffron Sinduri variety, are exported to Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, America, Dubai, and London.
• Through innovative farming and organic methods, Omprakash Mehta generates an annual turnover of 3 to 4 crore rupees.