A special ambulance service was flagged off here jointly by Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal and Rajya Sabha member Nand Kumar Sai on Wednesday.
This is first ambulance service in the State exclusively for cows and other domestic animals. The service was launched at a special function organised at Gayatri Sakti Peeth in Samata colony of Raipur.Agrawal congratulated the organisation for launching this unique service in the State.
He said that it was a service of its kind in the State, which would prove beneficial for the domestic animals requiring treatment. Rajya Sabha member Nand Kumar Sai said that initially, the ambulance would be used for cows. later it would be used for all other animals. In this ambulance, injured and sick animals would be taken to the veterinary hospital. Similarly it would be used to carry the dead animals for their last rites.
Rajya Sabha member Nand Kumar Sai was the chief guest while Minister Brijmohan Agrawal was the special guest on the occasion. The Chief of Gayatri Pariwar in Raipur, Dilip Panigrahi presided over the function.