Bangana (Una), August 15:- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister Prof. Chandra Kumar today (Thursday) inspected the Gokul village and Gau Abhyaar under construction in Thanakhas under Kutlehar Assembly. During this, he did a detailed review of the maintenance of animals in the Gau Abhyaar. Kutlehar MLA Vivek Sharma was with him on this occasion.
The Agriculture Minister reiterated the state government's commitment to strengthen cow sanctuaries. He emphasized on better arrangements for proper care and protection of animals in cow sanctuaries, so that their health and safety can be ensured. He instructed the officials to ensure arrangements for fodder and proper care of mother cow and immediate and proper disposal of dead cow carcasses.
Let us tell you, the Agriculture Minister had come to Una to participate as the chief guest in the district level Independence Day celebrations. After the program, he visited Kutlahar assembly constituency along with MLA Vivek Sharma and emphasized on promoting agriculture and animal husbandry activities in the area and linking them with self-employment.
The Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister said that the state government is working to develop the milk-based business system in the state through the Him Ganga Yojana. Through this, the quality of milk purchase, processing and marketing system is being improved. Himachal is the only state in the country to provide minimum support price on milk purchase. The government has increased the minimum support price on cow milk from Rs 32 to Rs 45 per liter and buffalo milk from Rs 47 to Rs 55 per liter.
He said that the Himachal government is encouraging people to make natural farming a means of self-employment. The government has decided that wheat grown naturally will be purchased at a minimum support price of Rs 40 and maize at Rs 30 per kilogram. This minimum support price is the highest among all the states of the country.
During this, MLA Vivek Sharma thanked the Chief Minister and the Agriculture Minister for bringing about extensive changes and modernization in the structure of farming and animal husbandry in the state. He said that he is trying to create such a system by encouraging agriculture and related activities in the Kutlahar region, which will strengthen the economy of the farmers and provide means of self-employment to the youth. He said that the system of proper care of the cattle is being strengthened through Gokul Gram and Gau Abhyaran in the area . Apart from this, he asked the Agriculture Minister to ensure the availability of modern machines and equipment in the Zonal Hospital Barnoh so that the people of the area can get its benefits as soon as possible. He also requested for the arrangement of a separate transformer for smooth supply of electricity in the Zonal Hospital Barnoh.
On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Una Jatin Lal, Deputy Director Animal Husbandry Department Dr. Vinay Sharma, Sub-Divisional Officer Bangana Sonu Goyal, Naib Tehsildar Abhirai Singh Thakur and Senior Veterinary Officer Dr. Rajesh Janga were also present.