Groundbreaking of country’s first animal hostel in Sabarkantha

Ground breaking ceremony of India’s first animal hostel will be held on Today at Akodra near Himmatnagar in North Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district.

Proposed hostel will be set up on 50 hectare land at a cost of Rs 530 lakh. The hostel will accommodate 1,000 cattle. The hostel will have a gobar gas plant, cattle hospital, milk unit, 50 hectare fodder production unit, ceiling fans for cattle, a pumps for clean water etc facilities.

The cattle owners will have to pay Rs 500 per animal to the hostel.

This would be the first such hostel in the country. The government has tied up with milk cooperatives to implement the project. The villagers will contribute 10 percent of the project.