Shimla, February 12
The state government has launched a livestock development project worth Rs 595 crore to improve the genetic stock of Gaddi sheep. The project is to be completed in five years in Chamba and Mandi districts.
According to Animal Husbandry Minister Virender Kanwar, the centrally sponsored project aims at preserving the gene pool of the native breed. The Centre will give Rs 535.50 crore while Rs 59.50 crore will come from the state fund as per its share, he added.
He said this programme would raise the economic status of around 5,000 gaddi population of around 500 families living in remote areas of Chamba and Mandi districts.
He said the department had started the process for the selection of 30 rams and 1,090 ewes for cross-breeding by organising exhibitions at various places. — TNS
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