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flights carrying goats and sheep took off from Nashik for the UAE. About three flights took off this week, including one carrying about 1,500 animals on Sunday.
Based on the Nashik model, Dr. Vikas Mahatme, a member of Rajya Sabha and leader of Dhangars – a community of sheep breeders – had made representations for these Nagpur exports as well. The idea was to do business for sheep and goat farmers in Vidarbha.
The first flight was scheduled for June 30 with a lot of fanfare. The event was supposed to be attended by the Minister of Commerce Suresh Prabhu. However, the flight was canceled at the eleventh hour after the demonstrations. It was decided to put the protesters in trust first.
In Nashik, where exports have been a quiet affair, business continues as usual. Those involved in exports say that it is a lost opportunity for Nagpur. A different group of exporters, aviation companies and handling agents are involved in Nashik's operations. On this, those who had planned to take the road to Nagpur complain of discrimination. They wondered why Nagpur's exports were stopped if they occur from Nashik.
"Why should there be two standards?" Nagpur and Nashik are in the same state, having the same laws. "The export of Nashik cattle would not hurt anyone's feelings," questioned an official attached to a logistics company involved in the export from here.
Now, those who opted for the Nagpur road can not operate, he said. It was felt that a demand A lakh cattle could be satisfied by the Nagpur Channel, exporters were expected to buy the animals as an order was placed, he said. to Nashik Road now for those who planned to take shipments from Nagpur, said the source.
Mahatme said that if the Nagpur Channel was open, it would have helped the farmers of Vidarbha. animals from the first consignment came from Gujarat and Rajasthan, but They would eventually have been purchased from farmers in Vidarbha. Now, discussions will first have to take place with the protesters.
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