A control room, introduced by the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry on April 4 to address the ongoing crisis broke out in the country’s fisheries and livestock sectors due to coronavirus outbreak, will remain open till May 5 next, reports BSS.
The ministry issued an office order in this regard on Friday, a press release said. The control room was set up at the Department of Livestock Services in the city’s Farmgate and a hotline number – 02-9122557 – was introduced so that farmers and stakeholders concerned can inform the ministry of their problems they have been facing during ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Involving the officials from the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry, the Department of Livestock Services and the Fisheries Department, the control room remain open from 9 am to 5 pm every day. But, during the month of Ramadan, it will remain open from 9 am to 3.30 pm. Officials said immediate measures are being taken to ensure production, supply and marketing of poultry products, milk and milk products, meats and fisheries resources by receiving phone calls through the hotline of the control room.
The people involved in fisheries and livestock sectors have been asked to communicate with the ministry through the hotline if they face any trouble in production, supply, marketing and export of products. The ministry today extended the time period of the control room for the third time.
