Sri Vijaya Puram, Aug 02: As part of the livelihood promotion initiatives of C.D. Block Prothrapur under the Directorate of RD, PRIs & ULBs, A&N Administration, Dr. Apurva Sharma, Director, RD/Panch, inaugurated a Livestock Service Centre (LSC) under the Integrated Farming Cluster (IFC) initiative of DAY-NRLM and two poultry shelters constructed under VB G-RAM-G at Beodnabad Gram Panchayat. Director, RD/Panch, appreciated the initiative and urged SHG members to make optimum use of the Livestock Service Centre and the poultry shelters to expand poultry-based enterprises and improve their livelihoods. The programme was attended by Mrs. Gurjeet Kaur, Block Development Officer, Prothrapur; Mr. R. Paramasivam, Pradhan, GP Beodnabad; State Nodal Officers, Block and Panchayat staff, SHG members and villagers.
The Livestock Service Centre, established at Rangachang Ward No. 4, has been set up to strengthen poultry-based livelihood activities among Self Help Group (SHG) members. The Hatchery Unit, with a capacity to incubate 240 eggs at a time, will ensure the availability of quality chicks and provide livestock support services to SHGs and local farmers. The SHG members of GP Beodnabad, Calicut and Sippighat involved in livestock rearing are expected to benefit from the centre, which will play a vital role in promoting poultry farming, enhancing household incomes, and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities.
The two poultry shelters are constructed under VB G-RAM-G to support SHG members of GP Beodnabad in taking up poultry farming on a sustainable basis. Each poultry shelter has been constructed with approximate expenditures of Rs.1.50 Lakh, generating nearly 130 person days each. Designed to accommodate 50 birds each, these shelters will provide SHG members with the necessary infrastructure to undertake scientific poultry rearing, enabling them to generate regular income, improve nutritional security, and become economically self-reliant. Many more livestock shelters are proposed to be constructed in future under convergence of DAY-NRLM and VB G-RAM-G schemes of Rural Development.
