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Rajasthan: Camel population has declined by about 40% in the last two decades, cattle keepers are now turning their backs
Rajasthan: The government's efforts to save camels in Rajasthan are not working. Actually, the number of camels in Rajasthan is continuously decreasing. The Rajasthan government also gave them the status of state animal in the year 2014 and to make people aware and for camel rearing, a help of ten thousand rupees in three installments was started to be given to the cattle keepers.
The number of camels, famous as the ship of the desert, is continuously decreasing. In view of the decreasing number of camels, the Rajasthan government had also given them the status of state animal in the year 2014. Also, the camel was included in the logo of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation. But there has been no reduction in their continuously decreasing number.
Camels have been a part of the folk culture of Rajasthan. But for the last few decades, this ship of the desert has become extinct. The utility of camels has started decreasing. Due to the decreasing utility, cattle farmers have started turning away from camels. In the last two decades, the number of camels has decreased by about 40 percent. A camel, which has the capacity to drink 150 liters of water at a time, can live without water for a week. It is capable of running at a speed of 65 km per hour. On the India-Pakistan border adjoining Rajasthan, BSF soldiers sit on camels and guard the border.
The number of camels in the state has come down from 3.26 lakh to about 1.75 lakh. However, the number of animals in the state has decreased in the last decade. But the number of camels has declined rapidly. In the livestock census conducted in the state in the year 2012, the number of camels was close to 3.26 lakh. In the livestock census conducted before this, this number was about five lakh. In the census of the year 2019, this number came down to two lakh 13 thousand.
