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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gujarat's pastoral communities struggling for awareness, infrastructure to combat second COVID-19 wave -Rituja Mitra and Aastha Maggu

Gujarat's pastoral communities struggling for awareness, infrastructure to combat second COVID-19 wave -Rituja Mitra and Aastha Maggu

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published Published on May 17, 2021   modified Modified on May 18, 2021

-Down to Earth

The nomadic pastoral communities cannot afford to remain in their houses even during a pandemic

The second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has ravaged livelihoods of people in urban areas. Its has now quietly started to wreak havoc on the lives of people in rural areas.

Across the country, villagers are brushing off symptoms of COVID-19 as seasonal flu. The crumbling health infrastructure fails to provide them with required treatment. In this second wave of the pandemic, pastoral communities are becoming silent victims of it.

For centuries, pastoral communities have been constantly on the move to safeguard their livelihoods. Nomadic pastoralists have to ensure that their large herds get indigenous organic feed. They cannot afford to remain inside their houses even during the pandemic to be able to sustain themselves.

It becomes imperative for the administration and concerned authorities to ensure that such communities are educated enough to protect themselves from the deadly virus.

Gujarat is home to pastoralist communities like Rabaris, Bharwads, Charan, Aahir, Jatt, Mer and Sama. Sahjeevan, a non-profit based in Kutch, recently conducted a pilot survey with 95 pastoral households in Gujarat to understand the magnitude of problems arising from the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.

The survey was conducted in Surendranagar, Botad, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot and Devbhoomi Dwarka districts. The results were worrying because they pointed towards the lack of awareness about symptoms, preventive measures, diagnosis, treatment and vaccination. If such ignorance prevails amongst these migratory communities, it would be difficult to manage once the infections spreads more rapidly.  

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Down to Earth, 17 May, 2021, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/gujarat-s-pastoral-communities-struggling-for-awareness-infrastructure-to-combat-second-covid-19-wave-76950


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