Mysuru, home to almost nine lakh cattle and livestock, urgently requires more veterinary services after dark, especially for remote and border villages in Sargur and HD Kote taluks. Ten mobile veterinary units currently operate district‑wide, offering doorstep emergency aid via the 1962 helpline, but only from 9 am to 5 pm.
Farmers’ representatives Hosur Kumar and P Marankaiah say that ryots in those remote and border areas are left without assistance during night hours.
JD(S) MLC C N Manjegowda raised the concern in the Assembly, asking whether the government has acknowledged the difficulty of handling night‑time emergency veterinary cases given the 5 pm cut‑off.
Animal Husbandry Minister C Puttarangashetty replied that the state had submitted a proposal to the Union government in February 2025 to run the existing 275 units in two shifts—6 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 10 pm—and to add 125 more vehicles for better coverage, but the Centre rejected the request.
The minister noted that the mobile units treated 1,434 animals in March and 1,388 in April 2026, averaging roughly 50 animals per day.
Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services N M Siddaramu confirmed the ten units under the 1962 helpline and added that each taluk also has its own mobile units on fixed routes, though providing doorstep service in the larger Sargur and HD Kote taluks remains challenging.