Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Cooperation Department Minister Badal inaugurated the newly constructed Animal Husbandry Directorate building, Auditorium and Pet Clinic 24x7 at Hesag, Hatia in the State Capital on Tuesday. He also inaugurated a workshop to make the livestock owners, public representatives and others aware of the activities of animal husbandry.
Speaking on the occasion, Badal said that the service of pet clinic has been started immediately at District Animal Husbandry Office, Ranchi to provide 24x7 medical facilities to the cattle owners. He said that soon a model animal hospital would be opened in the capital Ranchi, in which all kinds of facilities would be provided to the cattle owners and 24x7 veterinary facilities would be made available in all the districts of the State. He apprised about the importance of other schemes including Livestock Development Scheme.
On this occasion, assets were distributed by Badal to some selected beneficiaries under the schemes of poultry and ducks. In the last one year, he distributed appointment letters to the employees appointed through compassionately.
The Agriculture Minister informed about the technical aspects of the operation of Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Vikas Yojana. He assured cooperation for awareness in rural areas. In the program, he also released a booklet of rules and regulations related to animal husbandry related subjects like poultry, goat rearing, swine rearing and State Animal Welfare Board for the cattle rearers of the State.
The development of integrated agriculture and animal husbandry and its benefits were highlighted in the program by Shri Sharad Kumar Jha, Counselor, England.
Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry Department, Dr NK Jha, Deputy Director, Department of Gavya, Dr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Special Secretary, Pradeep Hazari, Director of Fisheries, HN Dubey, Joint Director (Kus), Dr Manoj Kumar and other officials were present in the program.