The State government will expand doorstep delivery of veterinary health-care services to cover all livestock farmers in the State, Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J. Chinchu Rani has said.
She was inaugurating the staff quarters constructed on the Puliyoor campus of the Chengannur Central Hatchery on Friday.
The Minister said the services of mobile veterinary units (MVU) had been made available in 29 blocks in the State with Central assistance. “Tendering process has been completed for providing MVUs to the rest of the blocks. The government will ensure that veterinary health-care services, including veterinary doctors, reach livestock farmers’ doorstep,” Ms. Chinchu Rani said.
The Minister said that the delay in getting Central funds had adversely affected the activities of the Animal Husbandry department. She said around 100 temporary staff at the Chengannur hatchery would be regularised soon.
The apartment complex with 15 staff quarters was constructed at a cost of ₹3.95 crore. Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian presided. Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, Chengannur block panchayat president K.M. Salim, Animal Husbandry department director A. Kowsigan and others attended the function.
