Haryana Urban local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain on Tuesday said that the ban on sale of meat would be implemented strongly in Thanesar and Pehowa municipality areas of Kurukshetra.
The State Government had declared Kurukshetra as holy city and also notified to prohibit completely the sale and purchase of meat and meat products in Thanesar and Pehowa municipality areas, she said.
Jain said that in 1971, Municipal Council, Thanesar had approved a proposal to impose a complete ban on sale of liquor and meat. later in 1982, 2009 and then in 2011, proposals were passed to prohibit sale of liquor and meat. However, the ban were not imposed strongly, she said.
Jain added that in 2014, action was taken against two hotels in Thanesar found selling meat. Keeping this in view, the ban on sale of meat would be implemented strongly in Thanesar and Pehowa, she said.
The Minister said that a fresh notification has been issued to strictly impose this ban in the holy city of Kurukshetra.