Village pradhan Anand Singh Patel says the cattle are learning now that they have to fight for dwindling resources. “They clash with each other to get straw at the Sukha Rahat Pashu Kendra (the drought relief centre for animals),” Patel says.
He also charges that while the administration claims to have provided 37 quintals of wheat straw as drought relief, the actual amount was just 23 quintals.
Even Karaunhan, which is one of Mayawati’s model Ambedkar villages, is in the same boat. “There are 500 houses of Kol in this village. Villagers are cutting trees to feed their cattle,” says Prema Kol.
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