With the aim of boosting Gujarat’s cattle rearing sector, Chief Minister Anandi Patel on Sunday launched a scheme under which the government will provide free medical treatment for cattle.
“We will bear all expanses related to treatment, including expenses for surgery as well medicines,” Ms. Patel said while launching the scheme in Gandhinagar.
She was inaugurating a seminar ’One Health’, oraganised by the Gujarat Veterinary Council. The Chief Minister dedicated 17 mobile diagnosis laboratories for the purpose. These mobile vans would be given to 17 different districts and offer diagnosis at the doorstep of cattle-rearer, said an official press release.
Patel was accompanied by state Agriculture Minister Babu Bokhiria and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mohan Kundariya among others.
Kundariya lauded the contribution of veterinary doctors, saying that they deserved more respect than other doctors. “Veterinary doctors not only serve cattle, but also the cattle-rearer. Due to the efforts of Gujarat government as well as the Centre, per capita milk production has risen from mere 82 grams in 1951 to almost 375 grams today,” he said. — PTI
