Jugal directs officials to promptly control Lumpy Skin Disease & FAW

Deputations from various locations calls on Member of Parliament Lok Sabha Jammu Poonch Jugal Kishore Sharma and brought into his notice about the Lumpy Skin Disease in Animals in District Jammu ,Rajouri,Samba and Poonch and also informed him about the huge damage caused by Fall Army Worm in Maize Crop which is causing heavy loss to the livestock & crop.They informed him that many animals are dying due to this rare disease and this worm is damaging whole crop resulting to the heavy loss to villagers and farmers.They requested him that necessary action should be taken in this regard so that livestock and crop can be saved.

Member of Parliament Jugal Kishore Sharma called Director Animal Husbandry and told him about the whole situation faced by the people and directed him to take necessary measures to control Lumpy Skin Disease in Animals.He said that loss in Live stock will damage the socio-economic circle of villagers and their live will come to hand to mouth.Moreover,this may also cause a new disease to the infants who are getting feed from the infected cows.He directed officials that a concrete strategy should be framed at ground level to control Lumpy Skin Disease in Animals so that livestock and hence the socio-economic viability of the villages could be saved.He also called Director Agriculture to work in mission mode to control the damaging of crops by Fall Army Worm so that people may not have to face any crises due to crop loss.

Director Animal Husbandry informed Member of Parliament that preventive measures have been adopted to control the Lumpy Skin Disease in Animals.He said that Toll Free number 1962 has been initiated by the Department Agriculture to redress the problem of the villagers and to fight with the disease in right time.He also said that Whatts number of CAHO Jammu 8082167130,CAHO Rajouri 9419123300 ,CAHO Samba 9469211531 & CAHO Poonch 9622116772 has also been flashed to connect with the public so that people may not have to face any problem to cope up with the treatment of animals.

In the meanwhile Director Agriculture also assured Member of Parliament that our teams are working on War Footing to tackle the Crop Damage.He said that required medicines have been sprayed on the crops.He said that 42 Plant Health Clinic Centers have been established and camps are also arranged to defeat the crop disease.He said that 1551 Toll free number for farmers have been initiated so that they can get interacted with the officials to sort out their problems.

Jugal Kishore Sharma also appealed to the public to interact at number 9419113389 deputed in our office to get help regarding Lumpy Skin Disease and regarding Fall Army Worm to prevent their Animals and crop damage.