Cattle menace can end if owners earn from cow urine, dung: Rupala
Following repeated rebukes from the Gujarat High Court, civic bodies in the state have been directed by the Urban Development Department to frame cattle policies.
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Union Minister Parshottam Rupala In a possible solution to end the stray cattle menace, Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries Parshottam Rupala on Monday suggested the issue could be resolved if owners would be able to earn by selling cow urine and dung. Efforts are being made to ensure that the government’s Gobar Dhan Yojana would encourage cattle owners to “look after” their aging cattle instead of abandoning them on the streets, he further added.
Following repeated rebukes from the Gujarat High Court, civic bodies in the state have been directed by the Urban Development Department to frame cattle policies. Asked about the “stray cattle menace” on the sidelines of an event in Rajpipla in Narmada to create awareness about animal husbandry, Rupala said the government planned to procure cow urine and cow dung at a standard price from cattle owners in order to ‘motivate’ them to keep their retired bovines.
“It’s a complicated problem. We need a new approach by deploying new technology to deal with the issue. We are working on finding ways. The Gobar Dhan Yojana has been implemented to procure cow urine and cow dung to make products… research is going on. Meanwhile, Banas Dairy in Gujarat has already begun purchasing cow dung at Rs 2 per kilo from cattle owners. When cattle owners see that an income can be generated by selling cow urine and cow dung, they will be encouraged to keep their bovines instead of abandoning them on streets once they stop producing milk,” the Union minister said.
Rupala added the civic bodies will also be instructed to ‘sterilise’ the cattle in order to prevent multiplication. “We also have to ensure that the stray or retired cattle do not multiply in an uncontrolled manner and so the civic bodies will be asked to maintain the numbers and take effective steps in controlling the reproduction in strays,” he said.
The minister, who addressed a gathering on animal husbandry, also insisted on using “technology to increase India’s capacity for milk production” during his address at the event.
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