'MLA fund can be used for cattle camps’

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday said MLA fund can be used for providing various facilities at cattle camps as part of drought relief measures.
Minister of State for Agriculture Sadabhau Khot told reporters that problems being faced by cattle camps came to the fore during review of drought situation in Aurangabad. “If fodder for cattle in camps is provided in buckets and tubs, it will not be spoilt. Plastic water tanks can be kept ready for judicious use of water there. The MLA fund can be utilised for making these facilities available in the camps,” the minister said.
He said Rs 25 lakh is to be distributed to MLAs in the current fiscal. The state is reeling under drought in 26 districts. The drought situation is likely to worsen with meteorology department predicting delayed monsoon.