Benapole Correspondent :
The largest cattle beds in the south region are now empty as cattle smuggling from India has stopped.
Two thousand cattle traders associated with cattle smuggling are living unemployed lives.
Some of the cattle traders are van drivers, some are easy bike drivers and some are working as day laborers.
One of them is Nasiruddin, a cattle trader who started a small cattle farm with only five cows.
Nasir Uddin is a successful cattle farmer from Putkhali, a village in the border of Benapole.
He has been farming his dream cattle farm for 15 years. Nasiruddin started his journey in 2013 with only 5 cows of Nepali breed. Later he bought 15 more cows with a loan of Tk 7 lakh from a local Bank and some of his own capital.
The farm has reached its present condition through the gradual breeding of 10 cows.
Now, he has just move forward. He is working tirelessly to remember the past of hardships left behind. Hard work has given him the success.
At present his annual income is about Tk 2 cr. It is learned that at present his farm has 120 dairy cows. These cows give to 500-600 liters of milk per day.
Every day different milk processing companies and sweet shops supply these milks. At present his farm has 120 cows, 550 bulls and 120 calves. Its estimated market value is about Tk 2 cr. In addition to the cattle dairy farm there is a goat farm. Where there are about 125 goats of native and improved breeds. At present 75 workers are working in his farm. He is paying them from 8 thousand to 12 thousand taka per month. The workers said that they are very happy to be able to work here.
Farmer Md. Nasir Uddin said, every year after deducting expenses, he has earned Tk 1.2 to Tk 2 cr. With the rise and fall of cattle feed prices and milk market, income also fluctuates. He added that the success of his farm was due to the cooperation of local livestock officials. There has been no major problem since the farm.
