Over 12K Tribal Households Offered Transport Amenities Underneath Transhumance From Kashmir Valley

Srinagar, Dec 8: Jammu & Kashmir Authorities supplied transport service to 12,497 tribal communities and transported greater than 1.56 lakh livestock below biannual migration (transhumance) from Kashmir valley to Jammu.
The Tribal seasonal migration from highland pastures ends with onset of snowfall within the Kashmir valley and the Authorities below its initiative for supporting biannual migration, 12,497 tribal communities supplied transport service together with the 1,56,215 livestock.
The scheme initiated by the Tribal Affairs Division in 2021 is being applied via District Administrations below supervision of Deputy Commissioners and transport fleet supplied by the J&Okay Highway Transport Company, an official spokesman mentioned.
Tribal seasonal migration from highland pastures ends with onset of snowfall in Kashmir and permits them to avoid wasting Rs 74.18 Crore for migration.
Greater than 12,000 households and round 70,000 folks benefited below the initiative this yr which is the best for the reason that launch of the initiative.
These embody 86,192 from Anantnag, 22,221 from Ramban, 12,714 from Kulgam, 10,223 from Pulwama, 9758 from Ganderbal, 6897 from Shopian, 3593 from Srinagar, 17,48 from Budgam, 1717 from Bandipora and 1152 from Baramulla. The preparations at district degree have been supervised by the respective Deputy Commissioners.
The idea of transport service was launched after the first Worldwide Convention on Transhumance held in Albania in 2021 and shared Worldwide greatest practices for sustaining transhumance and supporting the pastoral communities in migration to keep away from battle, mitigate losses and set up institutional mechanisms.
Secretary, Tribal Affairs Division, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary knowledgeable that as per 2021 survey carried out by the division, tribal households possess a mean livestock of 12.48 and household measurement is 5.8.
This yr whole livestock numbering 1.56 lakh was transported together with the households from varied districts of Kashmir to Jammu.
An evidence-based strategy to public coverage has been launched to acknowledge the rangeland administration and environmental conservation providers supplied by the migratory tribal households based mostly on which transport service is being supplied as an incentive.
Choudhary knowledgeable that at a mean every household saves 20 days of transit and considering man-days and prevailing wage charges there’s saving of Rs 20,380 per household of three adults and extra saving of transport prices as much as Rs 40,000.
He mentioned that notional financial savings of those households through the present migration season is Rs 25.46 Crore for days saved and Rs 48.72 Cr for transportation and different bills.
These initiatives result in poverty discount and likewise safeguarding the livestock towards losses associated to accidents, exhaustion deaths and weather conditions.