Early Times Report
Bhaderwah, Feb 14: Grazing in rural as well as in urban areas in whole Doda district has always remained a serious problem because it is disproportionate to the area and the biomass available for grazing.
The uncontrolled and continuous grazing has adversely affected the regeneration of forests and carrying capacity of grasslands and to increase the grazing capacity of forests DFO Bhaderwah T B Singh launched grass Sapling plantation drive in all ranges of Bhaderwah division.
"The problem of grazing and degradation of pasture lands is more critical and intense in Bhaderwah ,Bhalessa ,Charalla and Bhalla due to lifestyle of rural people", Singh said, adding that the people keep a large number of buffaloes, sheep and goats, respectively which put heavy pressure on the grasslands.
Cultivated grasses have been found to be possessing higher biomass production per unit land, high nutritive value, high palatability and very low wastage by the animals as compared to the conventional grasses. |
