PUNE: Shabbir Sayyad of Dahiwandi village was once awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth perfect civilian award, for his contribution to the welfare of cows.
President Ram Nath Kovind offered the award to him on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
“It’s been four days since I noticed my cows. I can’t avoid them even for a day,” he stated. Sayyad’s village is in the drought-hit Beed district of Marathwada region. But the vagaries of nature have slightly come in his means of pursuing his love for the welfare and maintenance of cows.
“I've at all times been with my cows. I’ve by no means been separated from them. For the closing four days, I used to be in Delhi to wait the serve as. But I used to be anxious about my cows. The state of affairs is worse back home. There isn’t sufficient fodder for them,” Sayyed told IdealNews on Sunday in Pune.
The city-based Niranjan Seva Bhavi Sanstha (NSBS), which has been helping Sayyed and his motive for the previous few decades by supplying fodder, felicitated him at Patrakar Sangh right here at Navi Peth.
Shabbir has been caring for a livestock herd of roughly 125 for greater than three decades. “I've now not achieved anything else big. I'm just continuing my father’s legacy. He dreamt of saving livestock. I'm proud that my son is also sporting the paintings forward. People will have to now not judge somebody by his caste, creed or faith. What is important is his or her achievements and contribution to the folk. After declaration of the award, a number of influential other folks from all walks of life met me and praised my paintings. This is testimony to the fact that other folks do admire you in the event you do just right paintings for the rustic,” Sayyed stated.
Talking about the challenges he faces, Sayyed, stated, “Every year there's shortage of fodder and water. This year, the federal government is supplying water and I hope it's going to proceed until monsoon. Occasionally, other folks had helped but that was once now not sufficient. Also, we cannot take our livestock to the federal government’s meals camp owing to management factor. Ten contributors of my family are taking good care of them. The NSBS has helped us immensely for the last few decades. It has provided fodder and addressed many issues successfully.”
Sayyad’s elder son Yusuf stated that this year’s drought is more serious than the former ones.
“We have by no means confronted shortage of fodder in March. But this year, we are travelling a few kilometres everyday on the lookout for fodder. We hope the federal government will understand this factor and do the needful to deal with it,” Yusuf stated.
President Ram Nath Kovind offered the award to him on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
“It’s been four days since I noticed my cows. I can’t avoid them even for a day,” he stated. Sayyad’s village is in the drought-hit Beed district of Marathwada region. But the vagaries of nature have slightly come in his means of pursuing his love for the welfare and maintenance of cows.
“I've at all times been with my cows. I’ve by no means been separated from them. For the closing four days, I used to be in Delhi to wait the serve as. But I used to be anxious about my cows. The state of affairs is worse back home. There isn’t sufficient fodder for them,” Sayyed told IdealNews on Sunday in Pune.
The city-based Niranjan Seva Bhavi Sanstha (NSBS), which has been helping Sayyed and his motive for the previous few decades by supplying fodder, felicitated him at Patrakar Sangh right here at Navi Peth.
Shabbir has been caring for a livestock herd of roughly 125 for greater than three decades. “I've now not achieved anything else big. I'm just continuing my father’s legacy. He dreamt of saving livestock. I'm proud that my son is also sporting the paintings forward. People will have to now not judge somebody by his caste, creed or faith. What is important is his or her achievements and contribution to the folk. After declaration of the award, a number of influential other folks from all walks of life met me and praised my paintings. This is testimony to the fact that other folks do admire you in the event you do just right paintings for the rustic,” Sayyed stated.
Talking about the challenges he faces, Sayyed, stated, “Every year there's shortage of fodder and water. This year, the federal government is supplying water and I hope it's going to proceed until monsoon. Occasionally, other folks had helped but that was once now not sufficient. Also, we cannot take our livestock to the federal government’s meals camp owing to management factor. Ten contributors of my family are taking good care of them. The NSBS has helped us immensely for the last few decades. It has provided fodder and addressed many issues successfully.”
Sayyad’s elder son Yusuf stated that this year’s drought is more serious than the former ones.
“We have by no means confronted shortage of fodder in March. But this year, we are travelling a few kilometres everyday on the lookout for fodder. We hope the federal government will understand this factor and do the needful to deal with it,” Yusuf stated.
One man cares for 125 cattle in drought-hit Beed
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