The ear tagging of cattle inside Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area has started giving results as last evening two cattle were captured by the cattle squad from Bhimpur area near the Biju Patnaik International Airport and kept in a kine house of the civic body at Kharavel Nagar.
Later around 9 pm the owners of the tagged cattle deposited Rs 1,000 fine each for their animals and took away the cattle. As the tagged cattle are easy to be traced, their owners were called so that they would not be burdened with more fine. They were also asked not to let their cattle roam around in future and also make aware other people in their vicinity to follow the same.
The incident also proves that the citizens of the city have started accepting the rules on the bovine management and also leaflet distribution, tableau, house inspection, awareness creation and airing of radio jingles have impacted the society so that before the Men’s Hockey World Cup, the city would be better and beautiful. The BMC has made a rule that the owner has to pay Rs 1,000 for the release of a tagged animal, while in case of untagged cattle the owner has to pay Rs 1,500 as a fine for letting them loose.
On October 30, the BMC launched a programme for ear tagging of cattle at Behera Sahi, near Kalinga Stadium. The programme was jointly executed by BMC and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (FARD) Department. Awareness vehicles were also launched on this occasion.
The ear tagging of cattle is done by attaching a soft plastic number given by BMC to the cattle. As the ear is made of cartilage the piercing of the needle with the numbered tag would not be painful for the animal.