Haryana Government is all set to amend the existing law to raise the punishment for cow slaughter to ten years imprisonment from present five years imprisonment. Haryana Agriculture and Irrigation Minister OP Dhankar on Sunday said under the amended Act, any vehicle used for this purpose would be confiscated and would be auctioned and also a provision of 10 years of imprisonment to the person found guilty of cow slaughtering has been made.
While addressing a gathering in district Jhajjar, the Minister said that a strong Gau Samvardhan Act would be enacted in Haryana under which strict actions would be taken against anyone indulged in cow slaughtering.
He added that the Irrigation Department has identified 10,000 ponds in the State under which availability of water would be ensured for irrigation purposes and for animals.
The Minister said that the State Government has been making efforts to ensure water supply up to the tail end of farms so that the farmers have sufficient water supply for irrigation purposes and do not face any difficulty due to its shortage. For this, work is being carried out in a planned manner. He assured the farmers that capacity of canal water would also be increased to take the water supply right up to the tail end of farms in villages.
Dhankar said that ‘Village Secretariats’ would be set up in villages so that people would not have to visit government offices located at far places for redressal of their problems. He added that every aspect of development starts from rural environment and for this concerted steps were being taken at departmental level.”