Newsclick travelled across villages in Mathura - one of the worst affected districts - in Uttar Pradesh to understand the gravity of the crisis from the farmers' point of view.
Stray cattle menace is giving sleepless nights to farmers in Uttar Pradesh. On the one hand, the BJP government in the state, headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has levied 0.5 per cent 'Cow Welfare Cess' burdening public sector infrastructure. On the other hand, the growing population of abandoned cows are destroying crops and agricultural fields.
Newsclick travelled across villages in Mathura - one of the worst affected districts - in Uttar Pradesh to understand the gravity of the crisis from the farmers' point of view.