Business Line reported that Essar Foundation will provide medical aid to over 10,000 heads of cattle through vaccination camps and public awareness programs in 10 villages surrounding the Vadinar refinery in Jamnagar district of Gujarat.
Mr Manoharan Chakrapani director(Refinery)of Essar Oil Ltd said that recently,Essar Foundation in partnership with BAIF-GRISERV,conducted such a program in two villages in which 1,000 bovine animals were vaccinated,diagnosed and treated at the Gaushala premises.
Mr Chakrapani said that the vaccination camps for the livestock are crucial as sudden death of these animals causes heavy financial loss for the owners of these cattle.
BAIF-GRISERV is an organization that is into animal husbandry,water resources development,sustainable agriculture,and various rural non farm activities to give jobs to members of landless families.
