Livestock census in Eluru district from September 1

Eluru: Joint Collector P Dhatri Reddy said livestock census will be conducted in Eluru district from September 1 to December 21. He released a poster on livestock census at the Collectorate on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, he said livestock census is conducted once every 5 years. Joint Director of Animal Husbandry Department Dr G Nehru Babu said livestock like buffalo, cow, sheep, goat and dog are being counted in the district as per the directions of the Central government. Their details will be included in a specially designed app and 417 enumerators and 67 supervisors will conduct the livestock census. They will be given training from August 6 to 9. Animal Husbandry Department officials Dr T Govindarajulu, Dr Subrahmanyam, Dr BNV Lakshminarayana, Dr Harsha, Dr Jahnavi and others participated.