Punjab Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian, on Sunday, visited "Mixed Infection" disease affected Raike Kalan village in Bathinda district and directed the Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda Showkat Ahmad Parray to conduct a survey regarding death of animals.
The Cabinet Minister said that as many as ten teams— each team comprises three members— have been formed to tackle the disease. Out of ten teams, five teams are for treatment, two teams for sampling, two teams for night duty and one team has been deputed at the Veterinary Hospital, Raike Kalan.
Giving assurances of every possible support from the state government, S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government is standing by its livestock farmers in this difficult time and teams have been deputed to monitor the situation round the clock, and the state will bear all the cost incurred on treatment of the affected livestock.
He further informed that a control-room has been set up at Raike Kalan Dharamshala, besides, operationalising a district level control-room at the office of Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, Bathinda, where two teams have been deputed under the supervision of senior officers of the Animal Husbandry department.