KATHMANDU, Nov 22: The 15 Murrah buffalo bulls to be gifted by the Government of India to the Government of Nepal during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's visit to India are going to be brought to Nepal through the Rupaidiha border crossing on Thursday afternoon.

Head of Animal Quarantine Office Nepal, Vinay Kumar Karna, said that the Murrah buffalo bulls, which had been sent from Haryana, India, were being brought to Nepal from the Rupaidiha border crossing in a truck today at 1 PM.

Karna said that after quarantining those Murrah buffalo bulls, he will hand them over to the officials of Animal Quarantine Division who are expected to arrive from Kathmandu.

“As promised during PM Dahal’s visit to India, these Murrah buffalo bulls have been sent to Nepal,” Karna said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that there will be substantive growth in milk production through crossbreeding from artificial insemination on at least 100,000 buffaloes after the production of 150,000 doses of semen from 15 Murrah buffalo bulls in a year after three years.

The Ministry has made it clear that the Murrah buffalo bulls were sought from the Government of Nepal with India at different dates on the basis of Nepal-India Joint Agriculture Group meeting held in 2018.

 
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