Drive to vaccinate 2.8 lakh cattle against FMD begins in Erode
The Hindu
A special drive to vaccinate 2.8 lakh cattle against foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD) began in the district on Wednesday. The camp was inaugurated by Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusam
A special drive to vaccinate 2.8 lakh cattle against foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD) began in the district on Wednesday.
The camp was inaugurated by Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy at Periyasadayampalayam in the Corporation limits.
Officials of the Department of Animal Husbandry said that under the National Animal Disease Control Programme, all cattle in the district should be vaccinated against the disease. They said that the camp would be held for 21 days from November 10 to 30. A total of 96 teams were formed to vaccinate the cattle across the district.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.