Gau Raksha Abhiyan Council

We are out here in Village Pimpaloli, which is near Lonavala in the Maval area. If you know the road past Kamset, that’s where you’ll find us. It’s quiet out here compared to Pune city. Most of our days are spent taking care of the cattle and making sure things are running okay at the council. We’ve been at this address, 154, for a while now. The weather gets quite nice during the monsoons, but it makes the roads a bit tricky to navigate sometimes. People from the village often drop by to see what’s happening with the animals. We don't have a fancy office or anything like that. It’s just a plain space where we handle the daily work. Sometimes the phone doesn't work great because of the location, but we manage. My cousin helps out with the paperwork while I look after the outdoor stuff. We try to keep things simple and just do what needs to be done every day. It’s a lot of physical labor, cleaning and feeding, and checking on the health of the cows we have here. There is always a lot of hay to move around and water tanks to fill. It is not an easy job but someone has to stay here and do it. We don't really have a big team, just a few of us who care about the village and the animals. That is basically who we are.