Saturday, June 20, 2009

Bhopal, Narmadapuram divisions have 3076 trained Gosewaks

Bhopal:Saturday, June 20, 2009: A Gosewak Yojana is being implemented in the state with a view to providing veterinary services to animal rearers at the Gram Panchayat level itself. So far, 3076 Gosewaks have been trained in Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions. Both the divisions have 4575 Gram Panchayats. The Animal Husbandry Department is trying to ensure that each Gram Panchayat has at least one Gosewak.

Every Gosewak is imparted 6-month training in veterinary treatment after which they are given toolkits. District-wise, there are Gosewaks in 150 out of 194 Gram Panchayats of Bhopal, 374 out of 499 Gram Panchayats of Sehore, all the 501 Gram Panchayats of Raisen, 308 out of 581 Gram Panchayats of Vidisha and 584 out of 602 Gram Panchayats of Rajgarh while in Narmadapuram division there are Gosewaks in 512 out of 558 Gram Panchayats in Betul district, 433 out of 429 Gram Panchayats in Hoshangabad district and 114 out of 211 Gram Panchayats in Harda district. Apart from providing veterinary treatment, these Gosewaks also apprise villagers of department schemes.

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By :  News Team

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