Working on mass cloning of Pashmina goat: SKUAST

He said the University is looking forward to rearing of Pashmina goats at Chang-Thang in Ladakh.

“Modern technology will be used for making fodder available to the Pashmina goats during the winter season,” the Vice Chancellor said.

Interacting with the team of SKUAST scientists who achieved the historic breakthrough in creating ‘Noori’ through cloning process,Chief Minister said,the government was more than willing to provide all help to the Agriculture University to utilise the cloning technology for the benefit of the society at large.

Omar underlined the importance of biological interventions for improving livestock productivity and agriculture produce to benefit the society.

The Chief Minister said the SKUAST scientists should also focus on cloning of rare animals like Hangul,Cheeru and other endangered species of the state.

“Government wants to own and support projects of SKUAST aimed at application of technology to upgrade and increase the quality production of animals”,Omar stressed.

Later Chief Minister felicitated the scientists involved in the cloning project — principal investigator Dr Riyaz Ahmad Shah,Dr A R Fazili,Dr Hilal Ahmad Khan,Dr Masood Hussain,Dr Nazir A Ganai,Dr Syed Hilal and Mr Firdous Khan after the meeting.