Gurezi seeks special package for nomads

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 8: Minister of State for Animal and Sheep Husbandry, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi, sought special package for welfare and development of nomads of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister raised this demand during his meeting with the Union Minister for Agriculture at New Delhi in which he discussed in detail the programmes being implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.
The Minister sought special package for J&K’s nomadic population as the State has tough topography and has a large chunck of roving population especially Gujjar and Bakerwals.