Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying "Parshottam Rupala" on Thursday (5th Jan 2023) inaugurated 29 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU) and centralised call center in Thiruvananthpuram in a major step for the benefit of the livestock farmers in Kerala.
The Minister highlighted that this intervention will boost the confidence of dairy farmers to rear high productive dairy animals as most of the breeders are reluctant to take their livestock to Veterinary Hospital for treatment and usually end calling quacks for doorstep delivery of services.
Each MVU will be manned by a qualified Veterinarian and a Paravet for providing specialized services to livestock farmers, he added.
The Minister underlined that the scheme is promising and will transform the dairy sector from a subsistence-based farm livelihood to a commercially viable enterprise by giving gainful employment to the youth of the Kerala.
These MVUs will be operated through a centralised call centre with a uniform Helpline No. 1962. It will receive calls from livestock rearers / animal owners and Veterinarians will prioritize all cases on the basis of emergency nature and will transmit them to the nearest MVU for attending at farmer’s doorstep.
Kerala is deploying
50 MVUs in different districts. These vehicles are equipped with state of art diagnostic tools,
animal treatment and
breeding accessories, audio visual aids and necessary medications..
Source : AIR
