A Mumbai-based businessman Sushil Jajoo has donated a cow ambulance to a gaushala in Wada Taluka of Palghar district in Maharashtra.
The vehicle, fitted with a cage, has not been put into service but has already been sent to Shree Ram Drishti Gaushala which currently takes care of 120 cows.
Kishore Karale, the owner of the gaushala, has been rescuing cows for the last 12 years. “Earlier, the process of loading an injured cow into a vehicle was difficult. At least eight people were involved in loading a cow inside a vehicle. It was difficult more because the cow would to be injured or would just refused to stand up. Now with this ambulance, we can manage with just two people,” said Karale.
Karale’s gaushala has been rescuing cows specifically as he says that after cows get over their fertility age and are no longer producing milk, many cow owners let go of their animals due to which these cows either fall prey to diseases or meet with accidents on road.
“Every month we have to make a few trips to rescue some cows. Last month we made four trips and it is especially during rains that we receive more calls of cows meeting with accidents,” said Karale.
Karale had gone to look for a cow ambulances at a gaushala in Gujarat where Jajoo expressed his willingness to help him. Jajoo contacted few people who took him to a garage owner Sunil Mohidekar in Vasai. Mohidekar converted a Tata 207 into an ambulance as requested by Jajoo for the guashala.
“The Tata vehicle costs around Rs 6.5 lakh but a cage and a hydraulic system was supposed to be added to it. The hydraulic system helps move the cage. The total cost of the ambulance was around Rs 10 lakh,” said Mohidekar adding “If a manual version of the same was to be made then it could be done in just Rs 6 lakh. The cage is around 4 feet wide, 7 feet long and its height is 5.5. “Cows of any size or breed can easily fit into the cage. The hydraulic mechanism can help lift a cow of any weight,” Mohidekar said.
Source : India Today
