Dehradun, Oct. 8 -- Uttarakhand Animal Husbandry Minister Saurabh Bahuguna on Thursday said the state government's partnership with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has provided livestock, fisheries and poultry farmers in remote and border areas with a ready market, with farmers doing business worth around Rs 17.5 crore with the force over the last two years.

Speaking about the MoU between the Animal Husbandry Department and ITBP, Bahuguna said the initiative was started two years ago following the Chief Minister's vision of providing support to people living in remote, difficult-to-reach and border areas.

"The Chief Minister had an idea that people in our remote, hard-to-reach areas and border regions should get some relief. Wheth...