ENVIRNMENTAL MIGRATION OF CATTLE: AN INEVITABLE WAY OF SURVIVAL FOR SOME OF NOMADIC COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN- A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HARYANA
Keywords:
Nomadic communities, environmental migration, pressing problems, survival problem, socio-economic issue, suggestions for overcome this problem.Abstract
The paper examines the problem of environmental migration of cattle; which is one of pressing problems of western Rajasthan state of India. Owing to frequent drought-like conditions, various streams of cattle, often the groups of cows, camels and sheep usually migrate from western Rajasthan to some of districts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Various empirical studies show that the environmental migration in western Rajasthan usually takes place from Barmers, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Pali districts of Rajasthan. In order to survive themselves, some of communities such as Rebaries, Gujjars, Raikas and some of other peasant communities have been become a regular feature of the ‘environmental migration’ phenomenon, particularly the Haryana state. It also touches some of socio-economic problematic issues of the immigrants caused by adverse environment in western Rajasthan state. The study is based on primary as well as secondary sources of data. The study is aimed at review the problematic areas of the migrant as well as suggestions for remedies to overcome this problem, so that the Rebaries and other nomadic communities may lead a normal life at their respective native places.
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