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| AHD runs short of staff, sub centres lack medicines | | | MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Feb 20: Department of Animal Husbandry sans staff and its sub centers run without medicines and other equipments in the entire district source said here today
They said out of 280 sanctioned posts, 132 posts including 32 posts of veterinary doctors lies vacant in the department. There has been dearth of sub staff too hampering the smooth conduct of work in sub centre as well. Out of 87 sub centre including 33 in sub division Mendhar 29 in Poonch and 25 in Surankote, all the centres run short of medicine and staff. There has been no availability of necessary equipments and first aid reportedly in the sub centres as a result of which ill animals do not get the treatment alleged the locals. The affected areas include Balakote, Poonch Mandi, Mendhar and Mankote prominently. Locals also alleged that only anti-Biotics were available at the sub centre which was not sufficient as we are close to LOC and due to usual border skirmishes our animals receive serve injuries and due to non availability of first aid life saving drugs and other equipments the animals succumb to injuries and die and on the other hand these sub centres remain closed mostly which adds salf to wounds they further added.
While talking to Early Times Chief Animal Husbandry officer poonch Mohd Younis Chowdhary admitted that there was no other equipment or first aid available in the sub centres except anti-biotics. He said we have been sending the requisites to concerned corners time to time but for unknown reasons our demand did not materialized. An enquiry will be initiated to know the reason as why most of the sub centre remain closed Younis Chowdhary further informed the Early Times. |
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