Shifting of stray cattle to shelters sought in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 17

Though the Municipal Corporation (MC) collects crores of rupees as cow cess every year, many head of stray cattle are still roaming on the city roads. Now, the Environmental and Welfare Association of New Janta Nagar and Shimlapuri have sought that the civic body ensures shifting of stray cattle roaming on the city streets to gaushalas or shelters at the earliest.

Sher Singh, president of the association, said the MC had stated earlier that the stray cattle would be shifted to gaushalas but hundreds of them were roaming on the internal and main roads of the city. A number of fatal mishaps had taken place due to the stray cattle while some persons had even been attacked by them, he said.

The stray cattle were commonly seen roaming near Dana Mandi on Gill Road, Bahadurke Road, Shimlapuri, Pakhowal Road, Hambran Road, Tajpur Road, Chandigarh Road and Jalandhar Bypass. Sher Singh said, “It is the responsibility of the Ludhiana MC to take necessary steps to shift the stray cattle from the roads to gaushalas at the earliest”.

The issue was raised during the last House meeting, where MC’s Senior Veterinary Officer Dr Harbans Dhalla had maintained that they were shifting the stray cattle from the city areas to gaushalas. He had said that about 145 heads of cattle had been shifted to a new shed at Burj Pawat and there was plan to construct three more sheds there. A gaushala has also constructed a shed and stray cattle from the city areas would be shifted there, he had added.

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