Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: Empl-oyees of Military Farms based in Jammu and Kashmir today demanded the revocation of the order of Ministry of Defence (MoD) in which the Government has ordered closure of all 39 Military Farms nationwide.
Addressing a press conference here today, a group of employees from Military Farms said that the Army Military Farms have been giving their services to the Nation and particularly to the Armed forces for the past 128 years and had the legacy of being the oldest such organization in entire world.
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“With this sudden hammer of closure of Military Farms, future of thousands of employees and safety of about 25000 cows is at stake, as due to closure, possibility of their going in the hands of butcher for slaughter cannot be ruled out”, they said.
The employees said that Military Farms are causing no loss to the State. “Besides, they are the best custodian of surplus 20000 acres of Defence land, which over a period time has been turned productive”, they said, adding, the Indian breed of cows, which have been used world over for breed improvement but are languishing in their country of origin can be developed by locating them in these farms for propagation through chilled or frozen semen to cover the surrounding villages around these farms in different regions of the country.
“It is strange that closure of these Military Farms without any assigning reasons has been found to be the wisest answer to decide the fate of this 128 years old organization with such a glorious past”, they said, adding there cannot be a case of bigger injustice than closure of Military Farms, where cow is considered a back bone of agriculture and millions are fighting for its cause.
They said that the closure of the farms will mean ruining the career of officers, who are specialists in agriculture and dairy farming, and joined the service without suspecting that Government will play this foul game and scuttle their careers.
“At junior level, it will simply render them jobless when employment is single biggest challenge faced by the Government”, they pointed out and demanded the Government to reconsider the decision of closure of these Military Farms.
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