In Madhya Pradesh. A farmer struck luckily and found a diamond worth at least Rs 15 lakh in a field in Panna. Suresh Yadav, 40, did just that after he got tired of repeated crop losses.
“I was not able to improve my family’s financial condition through farming, which is now a difficult profession because of erratic weather conditions.
Last year, I handed over my small farmland to my son and decided to take a mine on lease in Pati Krishna Kalyanpura to try my luck,” Yadav said. He worked like a determined man.
Monsoon is believed to be the best time to get a diamond. When the skies opened, he dug deep. And last week, struck a diamond — the size of a pebble — which changed his family’s fortunes forever.
He dug out a 5.82 carat diamond of gem quality. Diamond experts who examined the stone said it could fetch from Rs 15 to Rs 20 lakh. District mining officer Santosh Singh said, “Experts have valued Suresh’s diamond as of good quality.
The state keeps 11.5% of the proceeds; the rest goes to the finder.
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