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o improve the quality of prepared for indigenous cow breeds tuaries in Bilaspur’s Barota Dabwal and
cows and attempt to give that will produce only female calves. Dhara-Tatoh. An amount of 21 lakh
them a natural environ - The government has also notified land rupees has also been released for the
ment, the state government of around 740 kanals of land for the construction of four new cow shelters
T in Himachal Pradesh has set facility Center in Lamlahdi of Kutlehar in several districts including Kangra,
up several Gau Seva Aayog institutions Assembly constituency. This will reduce Mandi and Solan.
in collaboration with different depart- the problem of destitute animals on the An amount of 1.20 crore has been
ments for maintaining biodiversity and roads and it will also motivate farmers released by the Aayog for the construc-
preserving the nation’s development. to adopt livestock activities. tion of nine new cow shelters and for
The new sanctuaries aimed to save and the expansion of old cow shelters to
bring back endangered species and Gau Sadan Construction: provide shelter to the destitute cows of
housed them in newly-created homes. Under the initiative, new cow-sanctu- local areas. So far now, two new veteri-
Under the programme, as many as aries and big cow shelters have been nary dispensaries have been started by
nine sanctuaries and big cow shelters established across the state. The foun- the state government and eight veteri-
would be set up for the cows that have dation stone of cow-sanctuary worth nary dispensaries have been upgraded
stopped milking or bulls that have been 1.52 crore have been laid at Kotla to the veterinary hospital, while one
abandoned by cattle ranchers for not Badog in district Sirmaur and the pro- veterinary hospital has been upgraded
being able to plough. The Aayog, which to sub-divisional veterinary hospital.
was constituted in March this year, will Apart from this, various schemes are
be comprised of 10 government mem- being implemented by the state gov-
bers, 10 non-government members ernment with the aim of giving a big
and 10 special invitees. Meanwhile, the boost to animal husbandry and dairy
state government had decided that 15 activities.
percent of the income of temple trusts The ‘Pashu Aahar Yojana’ has been
and one rupee Gauvansh cess on sale of started for pregnant cows and buffalos
per bottle of liquor will be taken from Under a new for the scheduled caste and general cat-
which the amount of 7.95 crore has programme, as many egory BPL families. Under this scheme
been collected in Aayog’s account. for the upliftment of families of these
State Minister for Animal Husband- as nine sanctuaries and categories a provision of 4.60 crore
ry and Chairman of ‘Gau Seva Aayog’ has been made to provide animal feed
Virendra Kanwar said cow shelters, big cow shelters will be at 50 percent subsidy during the last
cow sheds, cattle ponds,and others are set up for the cows that three months of pregnancy of their
being constructed for destitute cows cows and buffalo.
at the Panchayati level. As per Kanwar, have stopped milking
during the 2012 census, 32,107 destitute or bulls that have been Dairy Udyami Vikas Yojana scheme
cows was on the roads and so far now Under the Centre scheme, the State
9,119 animals have been provided shel- abandoned by cattle Government is providing 10 percent
ter in shelters with the help of NGOs. ranchers for not being additional subsidy on purchase of
He, however, urged the people not to foreign breed cows and 20 percent
abandon their cows and ensure regis- able to plough subsidy on purchase of indigenous
tration of their animals under the Pan- breed cows to the beneficiaries.
Apart from this Sahiwal, Red Sin -
chayati Raj Act 2006. cess is going on in other districts as well. dhi, Gir and Tharparkar breed have
Now sanctuaries to Himachal government initiatives A cow-sanctuary will be constructed at also been included in the Animal
Thanakala Khas in District Una at the
Establishment of Sex-Sorted Semen
Breeding Policy. Under the National
Facility Center:
Gokul Mission, an amount of 195.00
cost of 1.69 crore and 2.97 crore at
protect destitute cows calves, a sex-sorted semen facility Hada-Kudi in District Solan. In addi- lakhs has been received from the
For inceasing the breed of female
tion, an amount of 77.90 lakh has been Union government for the prepara-
released by the Aayog for the fencing of tion of fetus of Sahiwal breed in the
center at a cost of 47.50 crore will also
Gaushala operated by the temple trust
embryo transplant laboratory of
be set up by the Himachal govern-
ment. For the financial help, 90 per-
cent grant will be given by the Central in Bai Attariyan of district Kangra. With Palampur. For this eight Sahiwal cows
or calves of high breed have also been
this, the capacity of ‘Gau Sadan’ will be
Himachal Pradesh government urges people to ensure registration of cows under government and the state government increased to 1000 cows. purchased from Punjab and Haryana.
The government has notified the
will provide the remaining percent.
Panchayati Raj Act, 2006, reports tehelka bureau In this center, such injections will be land for the establishment of cow sanc- letters@tehelka.com
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