A survey carried out by Sahjeevan Trust, a non-profit organisation working towards camel conservation in Gujarat, has revealed that number of milk-giving camels has steadily increased in the arid region
VADODARA: Two years ago Shankar Rabari, a youth in Morgar village of Kutch’s Nakhatrana taluka, drove a truck and managed to earn Rs 8,000 a month. However, he even lost that income during the Covid-19 induced pandemic. Jobless, Shankar returned to his ‘family business’ and today, earns Rs 32,000 a month as a camel herder!
Shankar is one of the several young ‘maldharis’ in Kutch who have retraced their steps to their homestead to eke a living from camel dairying.