Assam Police foil two cattle smuggling bids
Assam Police have foiled two attempts at cow smuggling in Guwahati and saved as many as 112 cattle heads, continuing their campaign against livestock smuggling in the state, officials said on Monday.
Assam Police have foiled two attempts at cow smuggling in Guwahati and saved as many as 112 cattle heads, continuing their campaign against livestock smuggling in the state, officials said on Monday.
Camel rides are the main attraction at the famous annual Pushkar Fair for both domestic and overseas tourists. The prohibition is imposed in view of the prevalent Lumpy Skin Disease in bovines and Glanders in horses.
The seriousness of the outbreak is demonstrated by the approximately 21 percent decrease in milk output that Rajasthan has seen in August.
To check spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), the Jammu and Kashmir government, on Thursday, imposed blanket nban on import of bovines from neighbouring states and inter-district movement of bovines within the UT for any purpose, till 25 October.
Sources in the state government said that the chief minister would be closely monitoring such cases from now onwards and was likely to take a review of such cases in the near future.
While reviewing the ongoing operations to prevent African Swine Fever, a Group of Ministers said that the guidelines of the "Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009" should be implemented in letter and spirit and the movement of pigs should be strictly banned.
While over 2 lakh cattle have been treated by various therapies mainly Goat Pox vaccine and isolation and quarantine by villagers, one lakh bovines are still afflicted with the viral infection.
After inaugurating Gau Sadan at Sunni in Shimla district, he said the government was providing an assistance of Rs 500 per cow per month to the Gau Sadans in the state under the Gau Vansh Yojna.
IndiGau will have practical utility in the government schemes to achieve the goal of conservation of the indegenous breeds with better characters
PM Modi sat down with the women who pick plastic from garbage and also extended a helping hand to them.
