PANAJI:
Taking serious cognisance of rising stray cattle menace, the State government has warned that all dairy farmers benefiting from schemes such as Kamdhenu and Pashupalan will be debarred and blacklisted if any animals they purchase are found wandering in public areas or on roads.
In a notification issued on September 6, the Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services has also warned that the entire amount availed under various schemes will be recovered, and the animals will be impounded.
Director Nitin Naik said the number of stray cattle is increasing despite impounding those found on roads, thus causing traffic congestion and also a number of accidents, including fatal ones.
The Directorate has urged the public in general and dairy farmers in particular to keep their animals under stall feeding practices or any other management practice which prevents the animals loitering on public places or roads. “Any animal found on the public places or roads unattended to, shall be impounded immediately by the concerned authorities under the prevailing rules and regulations of the State,” the notification stated.
“Any animal purchased under the schemes of the department, namely Kamdhenu and Pashupalan, found to be straying at public places or roads than the entire subsidy will be recovered from the farmer in toto and the beneficiary will be debarred from availing schemes of the department in future,” it said further.
The department further said that any animal belonging to the farmer or beneficiary availing various other welfare schemes of the department including milk incentives, dairy equipment scheme, etc the owner of such farmer will be permanently debarred from availing the benefits of government scheme and blacklisted.
