Himachal Pradesh to launch ‘Project Sanjeevani’ for livestock healthcare

Himachal Pradesh government will start “Project Sanjeevani” or National Animal Disease Control Program – Mobile Veterinary Van unit (NADCP-AHD-MVU) for livestock health care and to provide quality veterinary services to the livestock farmers.
The Animal Husbandry Department of Himachal Pradesh has collaborated with Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd. (BFIL), a subsidiary of IndusInd Bank, for the National Animal Disease Control Programme-Mobile Veterinary Van (NADCP-AHD-MVU) project.
The collaboration aims to provide doorstep livestock care through a toll-free telephone number that will be operational soon.
The call centre will ensure coordination between mobile veterinary clinic vehicles and working livestock clinics, to shorten the time taken for extending livestock care.
The initiative will save additional expenses of farmers on travelling to the existing clinic and securing quality medicines for ailing livestock.
The doorstep veterinary services will have curative treatment, vaccination, artificial insemination, preventive care and all animal husbandry-related information.
This initiative will serve farmers at 44 blocks located in 12 districts of the state.
The centralized Call Centre at the Directorate of Animal Husbandry will be integrated with 44 mobile veterinary ambulances.
Under the initiative animal husbandry department’s field veterinary services will be deployed through BFIL’s integrated telemedicine and service management platform.