Kathmandu, 4 July : The government has expressed its commitment to provide all resources required for the prevention and control of contagious Lumpy skin disease among the cattle.
In this connection, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has shown necessary concern for the prevention and control of sporadic outbreak of disease, which is taking the form of a pandemic.
PM Dahal issued necessary directives to Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Dr Beduram Bhusal and high-placed officials of the ministry to come up with effective measures for bring the disease under control, PM secretariat shared.
The Prime Minister categorically directed the concerned authorities to effectively mobilize veterinarians, increased vaccine supply and arrange necessary human resource for immediately providing inoculation services. So far the government has imported 737,000 doses of vaccine and supplied to all seven provinces.
According to the Department of Livestock Service, vaccine has been administered to 172,128 cattle so far. It may be noted that the federal government has made available a budget of Rs 100,000 each to the local governments for upcoming fiscal year for pandemic control under the conditional grant.
According to Department’s Director General Dr Samjhana Kumari Kafle, the federal government has earmarked budget for the management of a veterinary doctor each in 161 local governments and technician in all local governments.
