- MD Diary Development conducts on-site inspection, meets IDD, HADP beneficiaries
UDHAMPUR: Mission Director Dairy Development, Narinder Singh Bali conducted an extensive tour of Udhampur District today. Chief Animal Husbandry Officer Dr Sanjay Gupta and other concerned accompanied the Mission Director. An awareness camp was organized at CFC Chenani which was attended by members of SHGs, Pashu Sakhis, A-Help, Krishi Sakhi and farmers.
The beneficiary-oriented schemes were explained and all were motivated to avail benefits of Government schemes to start their own ventures and generate employment for themselves and others. Addressing the gathering, the MD Diary Development made the public aware about the importance of the dairy sector as a source of employment. He encouraged the farmers to start processing, branding and marketing of milk and milk products to increase their income. He assured the farmers about every possible help by the government for new entrepreneurs.
During the tour, the MD visited a farm in village Champari of a beneficiary who availed benefit under IDDS and HADP schemes. He interacted with the beneficiaries and further motivated him. He also inspected several installations of the Animal Husbandry Department like Artificial Breeding Station Kallar, Disease Investigation Lab, District Veterinary Hospital and reviewed their working. The MD also visited Government Hatchery at Kallar and took review of ongoing construction work which is going on under HADP for strengthening the Government Hatchery to double the production of DOCs for establishment of backyard poultry units.
Later, tablets were also distributed among Pashu Sakhis, A-Help, Krishi Sakhi workers who are performing ration balancing and Milk recordings for uploading of the data on a regular basis.. Among others, Dr. Suresh Kumar Thapa, Livestock Development Officer, Udhampur, and other staff of Animal Husbandry Department were also present on the occasion.
