Hyderabad, September 29 (Siasat News): AP government has decided to set up a massive dairy project in Hyderabad with a cost of Rs. 50 crores, to promote dairy industry and increase milk production in the State.
Talking to media persons after attending a review meeting convened under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K Rosaiah at the Secretariat, Animal Husbandry Minister K Parthasarathy announced this and said that the project would be completed in a 3-year period.
With the assistance of the Centre, the State government will establish 4 fishing harbors in the AP, at Antarvedi, Nizampatnam, Uppada and Juvvaladinne.
The Animal Husbandry Minister said that 7 lakh people were dependent on the rearing of animals in the state. NABARD had come forward to sanction loans for sheep rearers.
The minister revealed that the government has decided to sanction sheep for 7 lakh rearer families through NABARD, with an estimated cost of Rs. 270 crore.
A mobile animal clinic would be set up under each district, and that the government would recruit 400 paramedical staff, 35 veterinary doctors, 105 veterinary assistant surgeons, in animal husbandry hospitals. Rs. 60 crores will be issued to undertake repair works to 3,000 veterinary hospitals in the State.
———Siasat News