the goan I network
PORVORIM
Stating that a cattle pound and shelter for stray dogs will be set up in an area of 5,000 sq meters offered by Serula comunidade, Revenue Minister and Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte said Porvorim would be first constituency in the State to tackle the menace of stray cattle and dogs.
Addressing a programme organised by Directorate of Health services to impart information about Din Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) to the public, Khaunte also requested the health department to make available facilities to issue DDSSY health cards at Porvorim Primary Health centre once in every week .
"It has been decided to construct a cattle pound and shelter for stray dogs on 5,000 sq meters of land offered by Serula comunidade to the Socorro panchayat. Strays dogs and cattle wandering on the roads has become a major public nuisance."
"Hence, the Socorro panchayat in association with the panchayats of Penha-da-Franca and Salvador-do-Mundo has decided to construct cattle pound on 1,000 sq mtrs of land and a shelter for dogs on 3,000 sq mtrs of land. Porvorim will be first constituency in Goa to take this initiative to tackle the stray cattle and dog menace," said Khaunte.
Khaunte said the State government had formulated the DDSSY scheme to enable people avail of expensive treatment for certain ailments from hospitals designated by the government.
"However some residents from Porvorim constituency have not made their DDSSY health cards as yet and hence, I have requested the health department to make available the service of issuing DDSSY health cards at the Porvorim Primary Health Centre once a week. Residents should avail of this facility and make their health cards," said Khaunte.
DDSSY consultant Dr B V Pai informed that the scheme is applicable to individuals residing in Goa for 5 years or more.
"Only 2.3 lakh of the estimated 3.5 lakhs households have obtained health cards. Forty hospitals from Goa and eight hospitals from other states have been empanelled and 447 procedures have been covered," said Dr Pai.
Zilla Parishad members Gupesh Naik and Vaishally Satardekar, sarpanchas of Salavador-do-Mundo and Penha-da-Franca also spoke at the event.
