Veterinarians to be hired soon: Minister

PATNA: State animal husbandry and fisheries minister Mukesh Sahani on Sunday said the Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) would soon have its own campus.

Speaking as the chief guest at the university’s fourth anniversary celebrations here, the minister said all the processes of the campus development have 0been completed and the work on construction of the new building would be started soon.

He said with the implementation of door-to-door veterinary service under CM’s ‘Saat Nischay Part-2’ programme, the state would require the services of a large number of veterinarians. “The process of appointment of veterinary doctors in the state would be started soon. Mobile dispensary and ambulance service would also be started all over the state for timely and proper treatment of sick animals,” he said.

The minister pointed out that despite having sufficient resources for fisheries, the state has so far been importing fish from other states. “Necessary steps have been taken by our experts to make the state self-sufficient in fisheries. We hope that with the pace of recent development in the domain of fisheries, Bihar would soon start exporting fish to other states,” he said.

The minister felicitated six progressive entrepreneurs – Bhawanand (Jamui), Chhameshwar Prasad Mandal (Kishanganj), Ajanta Bhumij, Amit Kumar, Shailendra Mohan Jha and Ravindra Kumar (Patna) for their exemplary work. He also honoured the scientists and teachers of the university for making significant contributions to research and online studies.