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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 181 Mobile Unit Vehicles

Bhubaneswar Sep 8, 2023: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday flagged off 181 Mobile Unit Vehicles in a programme organised at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

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 said that the Mobile Veterinary Units are working to provide veterinary services at the doorstep are being provided to livestock keepers and farmers in the villages located at distant places from veterinary institutions.

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The state government is making continuous efforts to make the lives of livestock farmers more comfortable, multiply their income and bring smiles to 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 the 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 its 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 state government is committed to the welfare of animals. These mobile veterinary units will provide emergency veterinary health care to stray and abandoned animals through the Animal Helpline at the time of need.

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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.

The application of such technology will bring transparency in the operation of the units based on the ‘5 T’ programme of our government.

Minister for Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Ranendra Pratap Swain said that the mobile veterinary units will be able to take the development of animal resources in the state to a new height.

On this occasion, Secretary (5T) VK Pandian was present. Among others, the Principal Secretary, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development and Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services were present.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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