To boost the dairy farming in the state, the Punjab government has decided to all set to launch in 20 Mobile Van Veterinary Dispensaries to provide on the spot treatment facilities to the cattle.
A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting chaired by the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal this evening. Badal constituted a seven-member committee under the chairmanship of the chairman Punjab State Farmers Commission Dr GS Kalkat to give recommendations for the services of mobile van dispensaries in the state, said an official release.
The other members of the committee would be the vice-chancellor GADVASU, principal secretary animal husbandry, director animal husbandry, managing director Milkfed, consultant to the state Farmers Commission and former director animal husbandry Punjab Dr Anil Kaura, chairman Milk Plant Mohali Parminder Singh Chalaki and president of the Punjab Progressive Dairy Farmers Association Daljit Singh. The Committee had been asked to its recommendations within 10 days. The chief minister also asked the animal husbandry department to cover the entire Punjab under the service of mobile van dispensaries which would be equipped with surgery facilities, X-ray and ultra-sound, medicines and other interventions.
The chief minister also asked the vice-chancellor of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Science University (GADVASU) to finalise the modalities in consultation with Veterinary Council of India for relaxation of norms for opening of new veterinary colleges in the private sector. The VC informed the chief minister that the university had already given in principle approval to four such private players to set up these colleges.
