Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu lays stone of instructional gaushala

Ludhiana, November 10

Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of an instructional gaushala within the precincts of the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University (GADVASU).

Ashu said the novel idea of the instructional gaushala would motivate other gaushalas to run their establishments in a scientific and low-cost manner.

He said the state-of-the-art building would have covered cowshed area, kuchha area, straw area, calving area, sick unit area, feed store, processing unit, biogas plant, vermicomposting pit, organic vegetable area and other facilities and would act as a lighthouse for other gaushalas.

Vice-Chancellor Dr Inderjeet Singh said the project would work as a model by guiding those engaged in cowshed management works and would help improve the breed in the state, besides would give a viable solution to the stray cattle menace.

He said Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Cabinet Minister Rural Development and Panchayats, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Dairy Development, Punjab, had sanctioned a project to the tune of Rs 1.07 crore to GADVASU to set up a model gaushala on the university campus to find a viable solution to the stray cattle menace.

He said there were nearly 1.6 lakh stray cattle roaming on roads of the state and more than 50 lakh in the country.

Dean, College of Veterinary Science, Dr SPS Ghuman, said the aim behind the gaushala was to manage the stray cattle in a self-reliant basis on scientific lines with available inexpensive techniques involving low-cost comfortable housing, feeding and health care facilities.

Director, Research, Dr JPS Gill, said demonstrating low-cost management and feeding systems of stray animal management would help dairy farming industry of the state and society at large. — TNS