On the occasion of celebrating 48th Statehood Day at state level function in Anni, District Kullu, Sh. Jai Ram Thakur, Honorable Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh launched the web site http://gausparshkullu.org. The website has been designed and developed by NIC District Centre, Kullu.

An initiative namely ‘SPARSH - Society for Protection And Rehabilitation of Stray and Helpless Animals’ of District Administration Kullu to safeguard the life and health of stray and helpless animals, beginning with cattle, by involving major stakeholders such as NGOs, Gram Panchayats, major developmental projects-industries, farmer organizations and general public in the process. The need for such an initiative arises from the debilitating cold conditions that appear in winter in Kullu district coupled with starvation, the stray animals also end up as road accidents on the highways across the area thereby posing a risk to both the life of cattle as well as human beings.

The other dignitaries present on the occasion include the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police Himachal Pradesh, Sh. Ram Swaroop Sharma MP Mandi Parliamentary Constituency, Sh. Govind Singh Thakur  Minister for Forest, Transport & Youth Services Himachal Pradesh and  MLAs of Anni, Banjar and  Karsog Constituencies. Sh. Yunus, IAS Deputy Commissioner, Kullu has got the website developed and Sh. Brijender Dogra, DIO, Kullu visited Anni for the inaugural program.