Hello friends, this blog is dedicated to Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Please read this blog and improve your general knowledge about it which is useful in competitive exams.
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- Aarey Colony falls within the eco sensitive zone of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
- It is classified as mixed moist deciduous type forest and is an urban, unclassed and degraded forest.
- The Aarey Milk Colony (also Aarey Colony, also Aarey Forest) is a neighbourhood situated in Goregaon (East), a suburb of the city of Mumbai, India.
- It was established in 1949 to revolutionise the processing and marketing of dairy products in the city.
- In 1951 the dairy at Aarey was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
- The colony was the vision of Mr Dara Khurody who was a pioneer of dairy sector.
- Mr Dara Khurody shared the '1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award' with Dr Verghese Kurien for revolutionizing the processing and marketing of milk in Mumbai.
- Aarey Milk Colony includes 12 villages: Sai, Gundgav, Film City, Royal Palms, Dindoshi (Eksar Pahad), Aarey, Pahadi Goregaon, Vyraval, Kondivita, Maroshi (Marol), Parjapur, and Paspoli.
- In 1977, around 200 ha (490 acres) of land was carved out from Aarey village to establish Film City.
- The colony is spread over 16 sq km (6 sq mi) and is located off the Western Express Highway (WEH).
- Among the popular attractions in Aarey are Chhota Kashmir with a lake and a picnic spot.
- The colony also has gardens, a nursery, lakes, an observation pavilion, picnic facilities, and milk plants.
- 16,000 cattle are reared on 1,287 ha (3,180 acres) of land, and 32 cattle farms.
- The management of all these is outsourced to a private firm every two years.
- Aarey Forest has at least 86 species of trees and 22 species of birds.
- There are about 290 species of wild life in Aarey Forest including 5 such species of animals which feature in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These vulnerable animals include leopards, Rusty spotted cat, Sambar deer, Alexandrine Parakeet and Red-wattled Lapwing.
- Aarey is known to have potential to show human-leopard co-existence in an urban setting. There are 4 adult females named Adarsh Nagar (after the locality she used to frequent), Bindu, Chandani and Luna.
- There are around 27 tribal hamlets (known as padas in Marathi) and other smaller hamlets in Aarey. The tribals in the area farm and cultivate various fruits and vegetables among other which are then sold in markets for a livelihood.
- Tribal Padas in Aarey: Keltipada, Damupada, Chafyachapada, Naushachapada, Futkyachapada, Nimbarpada, Prajapurpada, Vaanichapada, Bhurikhanpada, Khambachapada, Khadakpada, Gaondevipada, Habalpada, Devipada, Saibangodapada, Maroshipada, Charandevpada, Jivachapada, Morachapada, Ultanpada, Navapada, Nangarmundipada, Navapada 2, Dongripada, Prajapurpada - Modern Bakery, Jitonichapada, Kambatpada.
- The main objective to erect such colony: Shifting of cattle/buffalo from the city limits, Supply of better quality milk to the citizens of Mumbai at comparatively cheaper cost, and Maintenance of these animals on scientific and modern animal husbandry practices.
- Animal Husbandry Scheme, Cow Unit Scheme: Under this scheme, indigenous and cross-breed cows are maintained at four Dairy Farms Units. The indigenous herd is utilized for producing large numbers of cross-breed heifers which are supplied to the farmers of dairy co-operatives in Maharashtra state to augment the milk production and the generation of cross-breed herd will be utilized to study the effect of cross-breeding up to 7.5% and 6.5% exotic blood level. This study will be useful to advise the farmers in the Maharashtra state regarding the breeding policies that can be practiced by them for breeding their cross-bred progeny at the village level. Maintenance of cross-breed herds will be economic while the indigenous herds will be showing some amount of losses, but it will be a good study for future planning.
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