Lumpy skin disease kills over thousands of cattle in Gujarat

Gandhinagar, Aug 1: Gujarat Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel has said that 1240 cattle have died due to the state's lumpy skin disease. Around 50,000 cattle infected with the lumpy virus are being treated, 1240 died, and 15 lakh are being vaccinated. 

 

 

 

 

As per the latest data, around 50,000 cattle infected with the lumpy virus are being treated, 1240 died, and 15 lakh are being vaccinated, the minister said in Jamnagar on Saturday (Jul 30) evening, after a meeting with Jamnagar Municipal Corporation officers. Kutch District Congress Committee president Yajuvendrasinh Jadeja alleged that the government figures are far from the truth, and around 25,000 - 30,00 cattle have died in Kutch itself. The Opposition has alleged that the death toll is 25 to 30 times higher, claiming the state government is hiding the death toll as it did during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Jadeja said there is no scientific disposal system. The dead cattle are being dumped on the outskirts of towns or villages. According to the reports of The Weather Channel, Jadeja alleged "If you visit the town, you can find cattle bodies lying on the streets. The municipality is running short of manpower and infrastructure to collect bodies and dispose of.

 

 

The viral infection has spread to 17 out of 33 districts in the state, and most of them are in the Saurashtra region. The affected districts include Kutch, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Rajkot, Porbandar, Morbi, Surendranagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Banaskantha, Patan, Surat, Aravalli and Panchmahal.