ANTCC President Urges Pressing Restore of Liquid Nitrogen Plant, Flags Semen Straw Scarcity in AH & VS Department

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 31 January 2025

The Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee (ANTCC) President, Mr. Rangalal Halder, has urged the administration to take speedy motion concerning the extended non-functionality of the Liquid Nitrogen Plant of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AH & VS) Department. In a letter to the Chief Secretary, he highlighted the pressing want for repairs and referred to as for measures to handle the acute scarcity of semen straws essential for livestock breeding within the area.

Mr. Halder identified that the Liquid Nitrogen Plant has remained non-operational for over a 12 months resulting from pending repairs and upkeep, considerably affecting synthetic insemination applications. The ensuing scarcity of semen straws has had a direct affect on livestock productiveness and genetic high quality in cattle, posing severe considerations for the farming group.

The ANTCC President raised a number of key points linked to the disaster, together with the stagnation of livestock breeding applications, monetary hardships confronted by farmers, a decline in milk provide resulting in dietary considerations, and potential well being issues in cattle because of the disruption in breeding companies.

As an interim resolution, Mr. Halder proposed procuring liquid nitrogen and semen straws from different areas to stop additional setbacks within the livestock breeding applications till the plant is absolutely useful.

Reiterating his enchantment, he urged the administration to handle this disaster immediately, making certain the welfare of farmers, the sustainability of the livestock sector, and the steadiness of the native dairy trade within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.