Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday flagged off 181 Mobile Unit Vehicles in a programme organised at Kalinga Stadium here.
These new vehicles will be used to provide health services to livestock animals under Mukhyamntri Bhramyaman Pranichikitsa Seva in the state. In a video message, the Chief Minister has said that the Mobile Veterinary Units are working to provide veterinary services at the doorstep are being provided to the livestock keepers and farmers in the villages located at distant places from veterinary institutions.
The government is making continuous efforts to make the lives of livestock farmers more comfortable, multiply their income and bring smiles on their faces.
The Animal Resources Development sector has been identified as the next level of growth for farmers, Women Self Help Groups and entrepreneurs. Veterinary Healthcare and advisory services are very important for managing animal health and livelihood of rural people.
Mobile veterinary units were previously functioning through hired vehicles. Now the state government has spent around Rs.30 crore in the first phase and has provided own vehicles for use in 181 mobile veterinary units in all districts.
Mobile Veterinary Units shall provide veterinary healthcare and animal husbandry advisory services to the farmers through basic animal healthcare, complex surgery, vaccination and diagnostic services in livestock healthcare besides organising awareness camps for farmers.
The Chief Minister also said that the government is committed to welfare of animals. These mobile veterinary units will provide emergency veterinary health care to stray and abandoned animals through Animal Helpline at the time of need.
Veterinary services will be provided using new technologies in these mobile veterinary units. The location of the vehicles will be tracked using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Application of such technology will bring transparency in operation of the units based on the 5T programme of the government.
Minister for Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Ranendra Pratap Swain said these units will be able to take the development of animal resources in the state to a new height.
Among others, 5T Secretary VK Pandian, Principal Secretary of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Suresh Kumar Vashishth and Director, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services were present.
