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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Livestock trade: A business that has stalled -Parthasarathi Biswas

Livestock trade: A business that has stalled -Parthasarathi Biswas

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published Published on Aug 18, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 18, 2017
-The Indian Express

Only a couple of weeks ago, gaurakshaks impounded a consignment of eight indigenous Gir breed cows that Jadhav had sourced from a farmer in Gujarat’s Amreli district. These animals, whose milk fetches a premium, are currently being housed at a gaushala (cow shelter) near Amreli.

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On August 14, Sandeep Jadhav joined protestors outside the Ahmednagar district collector’s office raising voices against the apparently growing attacks on gaurakshaks or so-called cattle protectors.

The trigger was an incident on August 6 evening, which saw an armed mob beating up 11 gaurakshaks on the Daund-Pune highway near Shrigonda in Ahmednagar. It happened after the cattle vigilantes, earlier in the day, had intercepted a truck carrying two cows and nine bullocks that were allegedly headed for illegal slaughter. The crowd, gathered under the banner of the Akhil Bhartiya Krishi Goseva Sangh (ABKGS), demanded action both against the perpetrators of the violence and the illegal slaughter activity that was supposedly still rampant in the area.

Jadhav’s being part of the protests had a tinge of irony. A livestock trader from Walki village in Ahmednagar, and mostly operating out of the cattle market at Loni in Rahata taluka of the same district, he has himself been at the receiving end of the gaurakshaks. “They stop trucks of even legally-traded cattle not going for slaughter and for which all the necessary documentation exists. Freeing the seized animals means paying bribes to both the gaurakshaks and the police,” he admits.

Only a couple of weeks ago, gaurakshaks impounded a consignment of eight indigenous Gir breed cows that Jadhav had sourced from a farmer in Gujarat’s Amreli district. These animals, whose milk fetches a premium, are currently being housed at a gaushala (cow shelter) near Amreli. “I paid over Rs 40,000 for each cow. Getting possession of them is going to be a huge challenge. There should be some mechanism where only those engaged in the illegal trade of animals for slaughter are severely dealt with. I totally support such action,” says Jadhav, explaining his participation in the ABKGS-organised demonstration.

Jadhav, who has been in the cattle trade business for two decades, is particularly concerned over the loss of farmer-customers from Gujarat. Prior to the spurt in gaurakshak vigilantism, especially over the last one year and more, he used to sell 35-40 lactating or pregnant cows (mostly Holstein Friesian crossbreds) every week. The buyers were mainly Gujarat farmers.

“Now, I barely do 5-10 animals a week. Farmers have stopped coming due to fear of their vehicles being waylaid by gaurakshaks. Transporters, too, are wary. Those who were charging around Rs 7,000, for hauling four animals on a small Tempo Traveller from Loni to Amreli, are today demanding twice that rate,” complains Jadhav.

His anxiety is shared by other traders of Loni, one of Maharashtra’s biggest cattle market. “Out of the 2,000-odd animals (almost entirely cows) that were traded every week here, a third was being bought by farmers from Valsad, Surat, Bharuch, and Narmada districts of Gujarat. These farmers, who get remunerative prices for the milk they supply to the cooperative unions there, normally purchase in bulk. But their numbers have dwindled to hardly 100 out of a total weekly trade of 600-700 now,” informs Subhash Mote, assistant secretary of the market that meets every Wednesday.

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The Indian Express, 17 August, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtras-cattle-slaughter-ban-shut-down-market-outside-the-state-4800017/


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