Sharmila assures 103 service for cattle
Sharmila, who is doing Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf of YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, assured cattle herders that YSRCP would introduce 103 mobile veterinary medical service for sheep and other cattle after coming to power.
Sharmila gave this assurance to scores of shepherds who met her on Wednesday and narrated their problems after she resumed her Padayatra on 28th day from Adoni. She interacted with cattle herders and daily labourers during the course of her walkathon in Kurnool district.
They told Sharmila there is no insurance scheme for their sheep and are facing problems to provide veterinary care for their cattle. “Sheep are being affected due to seasonal diseases and dying due to lack of proper medical care. Neither is there insurance for our cattle,” they told Sharmila.
Daily laborers, with most of them being women, also met Sharmila and complained they are not getting more than Rs.20 a day for their work under National Rural Employment Programme (NREP).
“Majority of the laborers are migrating from the district due to lack of regular work and even the daily wages are not crossing the Rs.20 mark when we get work,” they told her, adding they used to get daily wages ranging from Rs.80 to Rs.120 during YSR regime.
Updated on Nov 14, 2012)