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At least 25 cows have died at a government shelter in Mathana village due to "incessant rains and non-availability of fodder".
Continuous rains led to water-logging in the shelter. A number of cows got stuck in the swampy land and died.
A few others starved to death and many have fallen sick, Kiran Bala, the village head, said.
Haryana Gau Sewa Commission chairman Bhani Das Mangla and a few district administration officials visited the cow shelter on Thursday to take stock of the situation.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Narinder Pal Malik asked the officials to shift the sick cows to a cattle shelter in Karnal.
"At present, there are over 600 cows in the shelter, which lacks proper facilities. There is no fodder and drinking water available for so many cows," he claimed.
Malik said the Mathana gaushala, as it is known, was started by the district administration and the responsibility of its operation lies with the village panchayat and the state animal husbandry department.
District Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Dr Dharminder Singh said the department takes proper care of the animals.
The cattle were vaccinated by the staff of a veterinary hospital in the village.
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