Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Chief Executive Councilor (CEC), Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Rigzin Spalbar today called on Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairy, Government of India, G C Patti at Krishi Bhavan to take up the project on fodder and nutrient management for Pashmina goats in Ladakh, which has already been submitted to Union Government.
In the meeting, a threadbare discussion was held on the proposed project and means for sanctioning funds for it. A committee was formed comprising members from Centre, State and LAHDC and it was decided that team will visit the sites of Pashmina goats in Ladakh in the first week of April and based on their reports a meeting will be held in Leh in which the final decision will be taken for approval of the project.
The CEC strongly urged G C Patti to consider the case with utmost seriousness because the practice of animal rearing is on great decline and the Pashmina goats are on the verge of extinction posing grave threat to the economy of the nomads in the Ladakh region. Spalbar also raised the demand for sanctioning Rs 14 crore for the project and asserted to take measures to preserve and further develop the existing pasture lands in Ladakh.
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