Rs 163 crore assistance given to cow shelters for fodder this year: Minister
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 13 -
Haryana cabinet minister Vipul Goel said the government is committed to the protection and promotion of cows. After the year 2014, the Haryana Govt has increased the budget for cow protection. He was responding to a calling attention motion during the budget session of the Haryana Assembly.
The minister said that before our government was formed in 2014, the budget for cow protection used to be Rs 2 crore, which our government increased to Rs 425 crore. Not only this, our government has increased the budget for fodder which was Rs 1.85 crore before 2014. This year, so far Rs 163 crore has been provided to cow shelters for fodder.
He informed that the state government has built two cow sanctuaries with a capacity to keep 5,000 animals in village Nain (Panipat district) and village Dhandhoor (Hisar district) at a cost of Rs 8 crore. So far, about 6,000 destitute animals have been rehabilitated in these sanctuaries. The Gau Seva Aayog has a provision of Rs 10 crore for setting up sanctuaries.