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Farmers seek ambulances for cattle
Staff Reporter
Only one veterinary ambulance in Namakkal Services are charged at Rs. 6 per kilometre
Namakkal: Farmers urged the district administration to mobilise ambulances at subsidised tariff to take their cattle to the veterinary hospitals and clinics.
The suggestion was put forward to the District Collector at the Farmer's Grievance Meet held at the Collectorate here on Friday.
The farmers said that there is only one ambulance for cattle and animals in Namakkal district – with the Veterinary College and Research Institute on Mohanur Road – that charged them Rs. 6 per kilometre.
“This is pretty high for us and we would also like to have more such ambulances as the existing one would not be sufficient to meet the requirements of this district,” they said.
They also urged the district administration to popularise the contact number of the existing ambulance for the benefit of the farmers.
Cranes and lifts
While close to 20 people have to manually carry a cow to put it on board an ambulance, it would be ideal if the ambulance is fitted with miniature cranes and other gadgets to make the lifting easy and comfortable for the cattle.
Collector J. Kumaragurubaran said that their suggestion would be forwarded to the government for approval.
Transportation fine
“While 30 to 40 cows and buffalos are transported in trucks to Kerala, police are charging us a fine for transporting one or two cows or oxen using mini vans from the cow shanty at Pudanchandhai, Metalla or Erode,” the farmers said. The Collector also came down heavily on sanitary inspectors of municipalities for not taking steps to destroy mangoes that were ripened artificially using carbide stones.
This was in response to a statement made by the officials who said that a total of 12 tonne of mangoes have been seized in the three municipalities – Rasipuram, Namakkal and Tiruchengode.
Farmers and social activists present there alleged that the raids were an “eye wash”, as more than 90 per cent of the mangoes in the market were artificially ripened.
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