Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sidiri Appala Raju has said that the government is committed to taking steps to increase the population of the famous Punganur breed of cows in India through the ‘Mission Punganur’ project.
The Minister was addressing the farmers after inaugurating the new complex of the Animal Research Center and IVF & ET laboratory of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) on Wednesday. The facility building was constructed at a cost of ₹1.84 crore at Palamaner.
The Minister said that ‘Mission Punganur’ was taken up as a prestigious project of the Animal Husbandry Department, and that officials were working hard to increase the population of the Punganur cows.
