Uttar Pradesh / Jhansi : Cows are dying of agony due to severe cold and hunger
In the last 10 days in Ghughua Gaushala of Jhansi, more than 20 cows have died of hunger and cold. Every day 2 to 3 cows are dying. The condition of the living cows is also not good.
It has become a common thing to see carcasses of dead cows on the roads in Bundelkhand. Now there are not so many eagles and even crows left that they can kill them by eating the remains of dead cows. Remains of dead cows will be seen at many places in Bundelkhand. A heart-wrenching case has come to light from the Gaushalas of Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.
In Ghughua Gaushala of Baruasagar, cows are dying in agony due to severe cold and hunger, seven cows lying on the ground are moaning, feet are thrashing. There are more than a hundred cows in Ghughua Gaushala till the writing of the news, out of which seven cows have fallen on the ground. The crows have taken out the eyes of two living cows, there is still life in those cows, they can slap their feet, can move their ears but now they cannot see because the crows have taken out their eyes. Now the stream of blood has broken in place of the eye. Mukundi Kushwaha, who works in Ghughua Gaushala, says that in the last 10 days in the Gaushala, more than 20 cows have died of hunger and cold. Every day 2 to 3 cows are dying. There is neither proper arrangement for the cows to live in the Gaushala nor enough fodder to survive. Among 100 cows, there is only one sack of bran in a day, the rest they are getting dry straw of wax and wheat.
In July 2021, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to inspect all gaushalas in the state and asked Joint Director level officers to visit the districts and submit a district-wise status report within a week. The Chief Minister had also said that adequate arrangements should be made for green fodder, straw etc. for the cattle. But now the exact opposite situation has come to the fore.
Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, has recorded a maximum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius in the last ten days. On the other hand, after five days of continuous rain and hailstorm in the districts of Bundelkhand, a sharp drop in temperature has been observed. Four days ago on January 15, 2022, the minimum temperature in Jhansi district was 7 °C, 5 °C on January 16, 6 °C on January 17, 5 °C on January 18 and today i.e. on January 19, the minimum temperature was 8 °C till noon. has been done . In the last ten days, in Kanpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot, a large number of cows have died due to cold in gaushalas. Cows are standing day and night under the open sky in the cowsheds amidst the chilling cold. All gaushalas have tin seds for cows to live in but they are insufficient. Many cows are dying standing outside Teenseed. While the tinseds are open from all sides, the cows are trembling with the cold wind.
Mukundi Kushwaha, who works in Ghughua Gaushala, said, “In the last ten days, more than twenty cows have died of cold. There is no system of fodder for the cows, they are eating only dry straw. Among a hundred cows, only one sack of bran comes in a day and it is not complete. Cows are dying of cold, two or four cows are dying every day. What we do, there is nothing in our hands. When they go here, crows come there, when they go there, crows come here and take out the eyes of sick cows.
The situation is being seen in almost all the Gaushalas of Bundelkhand district. A large number of dead cows are being dumped on the side of the roads. Now there are not so many animals or eagles, crows left that they can eat the remains of dead cows and kill them. Remains of dead cows are scattered all over Bundelkhand.
Gaushala manager and village head Rajkumar Kushwaha admitted that he has insufficient tin shed and capacity for more cows. Rajkumar Kushwaha told that “The government gives 30 rupees per cow per day. But it is difficult to maintain cows in such a small amount. For the last one year even money is not coming in time. A sack of bran 1000 rupees, one quintal chaff is 1100 rupees and one kg jaggery is 40 rupees a kg. It takes five to six quintals of chaff and 10 kg of jaggery every day.”
We spoke to Vikram Singh Rajput, a doctor at Baruasagar Veterinary Hospital. Vikram Rajput considers 30 rupees per cow to be insufficient and the matter of removing the eyes of live cows as serious negligence. In case of cows dying in large numbers in Gaushalas, it is said that “weak animals sit in extreme cold. Order has been issued to feed jaggery. Although tin sheds are less now but will be built soon. But if the eyes of live cows are removed. As it is, it is a case of serious negligence. Cows all over the state are forced to die prematurely due to hunger and cold.
