To make animal husbandry more profitable, Gokul Mahotsav is being celebrated this year.
The Minister for Animal Husbandry Antar Singh Arya will inaugurate the first phase of Mahotsav in a state level programme to be held in veterinary hospital campus of Kalapipal district Shajapur on the occasion of Gopashtmi on October 28.
A large veterinary camp and exhibition is also being organised in Kalapipal on the occasion of Gopashtmi. A large number of animal keepers are expected to take part in the camp. Veterinary camps in villages of all the districts of the state will be organised by the animal husbandry department during the Mahotsav. Treatment of animals, vaccination, medicine distribution and problems related to the animals will be resolved in the camps.
Besides, information about departmental schemes, activities and information to obtain benefits through new techniques from the animal husbandry will be provided to the cattle rearers.
Notably, 98 lakh veterinary camps were organised at village level during the Gokul Mahotsav started in the state from the last year. Registration of total 33.22 lakh cattle rearers and 1.94 crore animals were made during the Mahotsav. During the Mahotsav, 33.11 lakh animals were given treatment and vaccination to 1.14 crore animals was administered.
Besides, 2.94 lakh cases of gelding, 58,233 cases of artificial insemination, 5.05 lakh cases of sterility treatment, 3.15 lakh cases of foetus test, 13,097 cases of animal insurance, 34,196 cases of surgery and 92.07 lakh cases of medicine distribution were undertaken during the Mahotsav.
Gokul Mahotsav is organised with an aim to provide information to the animal keepers to make the animal husbandry more profitable with advance techniques and scientific method.
Besides, the animal keepers of remote areas are benefited by wide publicity of beneficiaries' oriented schemes. Gokul Mahotsav was organised first time in the state in the year 2016-17 from October 31, 2016 and the second phase of the mahotsav was held in two stages of one month each from March 14, 2017.