Women cattle rearers raise questions over quality of Sabar Dairy's cattle feed

The atmosphere for the election of Sabar Dairy's chairman in Sabarkantha district is currently running very high. Meanwhile, during a visit to Jadar village of Idar taluka, TV9 Gujarati's team interacted with women associated with cattle rearing, in which serious allegations have been made against the dairy management.

Women cattle rearers of Jadar village claim that the cattle feed provided by Sabar Dairy is of extremely poor quality. The women stated that after consuming this food received from the dairy, their cattle are falling sick repeatedly. Expressing outrage, a woman stated that complaints have been made to the dairy management several times regarding the poor quality of the feed, but no heed is being paid to them.

The daily routine of women cattle rearers is very tough. They wake up early in the morning at 4 am and start taking care of the cattle, which includes cleaning the animal shelters and feeding them. Despite so much hard work, they are facing financial losses.

Women have complained that the parameters of fat and SNF in milk are kept low in the dairy, due to which they get only ₹28 to ₹30 per liter of milk. The cattle rearers demand that they should get ₹40 per liter. The milk prices currently received do not cover the cost of cattle feed and labor costs.

Due to very low financial returns, some women are now raising the question of whether they should continue keeping cattle or not. The women expressed immense anger towards the current management of Sabar Dairy. They suggested that if individuals like 'Babu Bardan' are removed from the dairy management, the future of the dairy can improve.

According to the TV9 Gujarati report, the cattle rearers have now demanded that an independent inquiry should be conducted regarding the quality of cattle feed and the returns given to the cattle rearers so that they can get justice.