Agartala, Jan 07: A delegation of the veterinary officers and doctors of Assam’s Sribhumi district in Karimganj is on a three-day visit to the state of Triputa to learn the implementation of ‘Mukhyamantri Unnoato Godhan Prakalp’, which aimed to enhance milk production in the state and become self-sufficient.

“We are here in an exposure visit to the state of Tripura to learn the execution and benefits of the Mukhyamantri Unnoato Godhan Prakalp in the state,” said Dr Abu Bakkar Siddique, the veterinary sub divisional officer of Sribhumi district of Assam.

Dr Siddique, who joined the delegation for the visit to Tripura claimed that the Tripura government is doing excellent work in the animal husbandry sector with the introduction of sex-sorted artificial insemination of cattle under the Mukhyamantri Unnoto Godhan Prakalpa scheme.

He said, “We are here to learn more from the scheme so that the farmers in Assam become self-sufficient in milk production by ensuring that more cows are born through selective chromosome selection.”

On the other hand, Dr Sanjib Das, General Manager of Tripura Livestock Development Agency said, “As we have introduced sex-sorted artificial insemination of cattle from 2020-21 with an aim to make our state self-sufficient in milk production for five years, a 12-member delegation from the Asam state is in a three-day visit to the state to learn its execution and how we worked on this during the last five years.”