His father would earn about Rs 150 a day and so would Manzoor.Ī year later, Manzoor sold a piece of his ancestral land which fetched him Rs 75,000. With the family facing severe financial hardships, he decided to join his father as a timber loader at a local depot. "I will soon be employing about 200 more," says the owner of Jhelum Agro industries.īorn and brought up in Oukhoo village in Pulwama, once a hotbed of terrorism, Manzoor passed his Class 10 in 1996. His words of appreciation changed my mindset and instead of profit, I work towards generating more job opportunities," smiles Manzoor, speaking to Hyderabad Chronicle.įrom humble beginnings, Manzoor now provides a livelihood to about 200 people, including women, in his Rs 1 crore enterprise. Until then, making maximum profits in business was my sole aim. "Modi ji shared my success story for the first time during his Mann Ki Baat programme in 2020. So much so that he got a shout out from none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. Slow and steady, overcoming one challenge after the other, Manzoor scripted his success story like no other, bringing about winds of change in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. that there would be uninterrupted power supply which enabled them run the machinery. so that they could work throughout the night to make pencil blocks at their bandsaw mill. Srinagar: For many years, Manzoor Ahmed Allie, his brother and father would finish their dinner by 6 p.m.
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