Pashu Sanjivini launch soon: Prabhu Chavan
The Hindu
Veterinary healthcare on the doorsteps
Minister for Animal Husbandry Prabhu Chavan has said that the State Government will soon launch Pashu Sanjivini, veterinary ambulance service (1962), under which veterinary healthcare services will be made available on the doorsteps of livestock owners.
Speaking to presspersons after performing go puja at Siddaroodh Mutt in Hubballi on Sunday, the Minister said that Pashu Sanjivini ambulance will be made avialable in each taluk. “Once a call is made to the helpline, veterinary health staff will rush to the place concered in an ambulance with scanning equipment, among others, and will provide treatment to livestock. At present, tendering process is on and in two-three months, it will be implemented,” he said.
Mr. Prabhu Chavan said that it has already been decided to establish goshalas in every district and land too have been identified. After establishment of goshalas, stray cattle will be shifted there, he said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.