{"id":125158,"date":"2020-05-18T01:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=125158"},"modified":"2020-05-18T01:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:22:56","slug":"arunachal-seeks-rs-1-6-cr-package-from-centre-for-culling-afs-infected-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/05\/18\/arunachal-seeks-rs-1-6-cr-package-from-centre-for-culling-afs-infected-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal seeks Rs 1.6 cr package from Centre for culling AFS-infected pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, May 17:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh government has requested the Centre for a financial package of Rs 1.6 crore in the first phase to cull 4,500 pigs infected with African swine fever (AFS) in East Siang and Papum Pare districts of the state, a senior minister said on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe ASF outbreak in the state in April has claimed the lives of a few thousand pigs and wild boars, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Tage Taki said.<br \/>\n&#8220;I had placed the demand for financial assistance during a video conference of Union Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh with all the state ministers on 14 May,&#8221; Taki told PTI.<br \/>\nMore assistance will be sought in subsequent phases, he said.<br \/>\nAnimal Husbandry and Dairy Development Joint Director Dr Techi Taku put the death toll of pigs in the state due to ASF at 2,253 so far.<br \/>\n&#8220;The toll is likely to increase as reports of more deaths of pigs and wild boars are pouring in from various districts and authorities are compiling the data,&#8221; Dr Taku, also the state nodal officer for animal health, said.<br \/>\nThe minister said he had also urged the Centre to approve a Rs 200-crore state government project to develop grazing lands for bovine animals like Mithun and yaks, which are &#8220;backbone of the rural economy of the state&#8221;.<br \/>\nHe said the state is facing problems in egg production due to high cost in the procurement of poultry feeds from Odisha and Assam and sought the Centre&#8217;s assistance in this regard.<br \/>\nHe also sought the Centre&#8217;s help in establishing a research centre for farming of high altitude varieties of fishes found in the state. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, May 17: The Arunachal Pradesh government has requested the Centre for a financial package of Rs 1.6 crore in the first phase to cull 4,500 pigs infected with African swine fever (AFS) in East Siang and Papum Pare districts of the state, a senior minister said on Sunday. The ASF outbreak in the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-125158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}