AHLF&VS revises poultry rates for North Sikkim

MANGAN: A meeting to discuss revision of retail rates for poultry was held at the Department of AHLF&VS, Mangan, here on 11 April. The meeting was also attended by the Mangan Nagar Panchayat president, KJ Bhutia, Joint Director, AHLF&VS, poultry farmers and businessmen of the town.
The meeting was necessitated in light of the fact that while the ANLF&VS Department had fixed poultry rates in March and extended it to Mangan as well, this had not taken into consideration the transportation costs for North Sikkim.
The Joint Director briefed the meeting that he called on the Secretary with this point as well.
Taking the points raised by the poultry farmers and vendors into consideration, a resolution was passed at the meeting and the price of live chicken “at farm gate” was fixed at Rs. 110 per kg and farmers agreed to sell at this price on the condition that their poultry growers society would receive assistance from the Department in the form of subsidies on feed, chicks etc.
The retail rate for chicken in North Sikkim has been fixed at Rs. 125 per kg and rate for dressed chicken at Rs. 135 per kg. During the meeting, it was also ascertained that the daily demand for chicken in Mangan is around 400 kg per day.
[WANGCHUK BHUTIA]