Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, July 29: The menace of stray cattle in Diglipur is not showing any signs of ebbing away. According to information, a couple of days ago a herd of feral cows and bulls came out of nowhere during day time and reportedly invaded a paddy field and ravaged the paddy plants recently sowed.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha Daily, Diglipur Farmers’ Union, President, Mr. Kamal Halder said that stray cattle have become a real headache for every peasant/farmer who are now waging a war against these abandoned cattle in one hand, and they are not seeing any concrete initiative from the administration to be aimed at beating the menace of this stray cattle, on the other hand. At this juncture, the entire farmer community are in grave peril owing to these stray cattle, he lamented.
However, amidst all this tidings, a good news in connection to this cattle menace which came to surface was that the Veterinary Hospital, Diglipur has recently undertaken the task of tagging the cattle for every village in Diglipur. The initiative was reportedly taken on the request of Diglipur Farmers’ Union, President, Mr. Kamal Halder said. The tagging of cattle would at least help identify/differentiate the cattle if they are domestic or feral, Mr Halder further added. However, tagging of cattle isn’t the only solution nor is it going to end the menace of stray cattle, he argued.
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