LG inaugurates Composite Livestock Farm at Kamorta
Port Blair, Apr 27: A Composite Livestock Farm comprising of Hatchery Unit, Poultry Unit, Goat Unit, Pig Unit and Fodder farm have been established by the Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS) at Chota Enaka in Kamorta. The Lt. Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM today inaugurated the livestock farm by unveiling a plaque.
Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor stated that the Composite Livestock Farm at Kamorta will benefit almost 15,000 people of 39 villages in the six inhabited Islands of Nancowry group of Islands. Besides ensuring easy supply of animal husbandry products like chicks, goats and pigs to people living in this part of the Islands, the livestock farm would also help in providing training facilities to the beneficiaries, he added. He further stated that with the establishment of the composite livestock farm, the transportation problem for supplying animal husbandry inputs to Nancowry group of Islands from Port Blair would be solved as inputs will now be made available to people of all the surrounding villages through the transit poultry sheds at Katchal and Teressa, he said. He further stated that a full-fledged Composite Livestock farm will also be established at Arong Village, Car Nicobar, which is likely to be completed by July 2012. After the completion of all the Composite Livestock farms at Kamorta, Car Nicobar and Campbell Bay, the entire group of Nicobar Islands will become self-sufficient in Animal Husbandry sector, he said. He urged the people to avail full benefit of the new facilities not only for self-consumption but for generating employment for themselves.
Mr. A.S. Dagar, Secretary (AH&VS) in his address mentioned that this farm was to be commissioned on 21 April 2012 by the Hon’ble Lt. Governor in presence of Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament and Smt Aysha Mazeed, Chairperson, Tribal Council of Nancowry, but the same was postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances. 28 April 2012, being World Veterinary Day, it was decided late evening on 26th April that the same may be commissioned to mark the World Veterinary Day in the islands.
Thereafter, the Lt Governor visited Campbell Bay and held meeting with the PRI members and local heads in the APWD Guest House and discussed with them local pending issues and gave directions to all concerned departments to attend to them on priority. He asked the DC (Nicobar) to submit a report on the physical presence of all department representatives in the Nicobar group of Islands and visit of HoDs in the year 2012.
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