Hyderabad: Farmers and cattle traders no longer have to take their animals to the weekly bazaar to sell them. The Telangana government has launched a website through which farmers and animal traders can sell animals online instead of physically going to the marketplace. This way, the farmer can hope to sell directly without the additional cost of taking the animal to the bazaar and losing valuable work time. If the animal is not sold, then the farmer has to take back the animal incurring further cost. With online selling, the farmer can hope to get a better price too.
The website is called pashubazar.telangana.gov. in. and has been developed by the Animal Husbandry department of the Telangana government. The sellers can post a picture of the animal along with basic details. A maximum of five animals can be registered for sale at any given time. If he wants to add another, he has to cancel one registration.
The site will keep each registration for 30 days after which the registration will be removed automatically.
The online website provides a wider choice for the prospective buyers. The farmers have the option of selling buffaloes, bullocks, cows, dogs, goats and sheep. Animal husbandry officials aaid that the new cattle rules issued by the Central government are applicable to the online sale of animals as well. To prevent the inter-state and inter-country smuggling of cattle, the Central government has proposed to start a unique identity system for the cattle. This will consist of all the identification details such as age, sex, breed, location, height and others.
