JAIPUR: At a time when the Local Self Government (LSG) is making plans to release an app to curb the stray cattle menace, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) body of workers is struggling to catch cattle abandoned at the city roads within the absence of manpower and police coverage.
In the previous three months, 8 circumstances were registered towards cattle homeowners however no motion has been taken towards them so far. The animal management wing officials also are jittery to proceed with the pressure after being attacked and manhandled via cattle homeowners and the public.
“It is becoming tricky to care for the group within the absence of police coverage. We have requested the JMC commissioner to deploy a unit of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) during the pressure,” a JMC legit supply said.
“On March 19, in Gurjar Colony close to Jaipuria Hospital, when our group seized round 16 cattle, the workers and officials were held hostage. The police additionally did not are available in time as the homeowners had political patronage. Moreover, the native MLA additionally protested towards our pressure,” an legit said.
To curb the cattle menace, the JMC had final year written to the police commissioner to lodge a case towards those that abandon their cattle within the city limits.
The letter used to be shot after JMC observed that villagers from bordering spaces were leaving behind their old cattle throughout the city as they might injury their vegetation. This had ended in an building up within the stray cattle population within the city. The selection of highway injuries because of wandering cattle due to this fact larger, particularly at nights.
“The JMC did not get any strengthen and the proposal is still biting dust,” added the legit.
The data of the final two years presentations the municipal frame stuck about 17,000 stray animals in a year. Despite that, the selection of stray cattle continues to rise because of inflow from villages.
The state of affairs is predicted to irritate as the management at the state-owned Hingonia cow shelter has written to the JMC not to send any further stray cattle as there's acute house crunch.
In the previous three months, 8 circumstances were registered towards cattle homeowners however no motion has been taken towards them so far. The animal management wing officials also are jittery to proceed with the pressure after being attacked and manhandled via cattle homeowners and the public.
“It is becoming tricky to care for the group within the absence of police coverage. We have requested the JMC commissioner to deploy a unit of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) during the pressure,” a JMC legit supply said.
“On March 19, in Gurjar Colony close to Jaipuria Hospital, when our group seized round 16 cattle, the workers and officials were held hostage. The police additionally did not are available in time as the homeowners had political patronage. Moreover, the native MLA additionally protested towards our pressure,” an legit said.
To curb the cattle menace, the JMC had final year written to the police commissioner to lodge a case towards those that abandon their cattle within the city limits.
The letter used to be shot after JMC observed that villagers from bordering spaces were leaving behind their old cattle throughout the city as they might injury their vegetation. This had ended in an building up within the stray cattle population within the city. The selection of highway injuries because of wandering cattle due to this fact larger, particularly at nights.
“The JMC did not get any strengthen and the proposal is still biting dust,” added the legit.
The data of the final two years presentations the municipal frame stuck about 17,000 stray animals in a year. Despite that, the selection of stray cattle continues to rise because of inflow from villages.
The state of affairs is predicted to irritate as the management at the state-owned Hingonia cow shelter has written to the JMC not to send any further stray cattle as there's acute house crunch.
JMC grapples with stray cattle menace amid staff crunch
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