Lumpy skin disease: Khattar orders vaccination of cows, cattles on priority

Amid the spread of lumpy skin disease in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday directed the officials to work on a mission mode "just like the state did during Covid times".

He directed Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal to procure available vaccination and inoculate all cows and cattle on a war footing, besides monitoring the situation on a daily basis.

The minister also said he will speak with the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala and seek more vaccine doses to the state at the earliest.

Further, he directed the chief secretary to hold a meeting with all deputy commissioners, superintendents of police and the officials of the animal husbandry department to intensify measures to prevent the disease.

He ordered the officials to ensure that the pits dug to bury carcasses of infected animals are deep enough so that the disease does not spread, and also closely monitor gaushalas.

"We have to work on a mission mode to fight this