Overview
- He performed Govardhan Puja at Tilkeshwar Gaushala in Ujjain, worshipped cows, and offered chappan bhog with 56 offerings.
- He said the festival is being observed across Madhya Pradesh in accordance with local rituals and traditions.
- At a related program in Bhopal, he promoted animal husbandry initiatives to expand milk production and strengthen rural livelihoods.
- He outlined goals to raise the state’s share of national milk output from 9% to 20% and to double incomes of livestock-rearing farmers.
- Officials detailed infrastructure for cow care, citing 2,900 shelters with 2,203 operational gaushalas, a 10,000-capacity facility under construction in Bhopal, and 6,500 cows at the Salaria sanctuary.