Following two deaths due to stray cattle menace in the city this month, MCC had initiated stray cattle catching drive here last week.
The MCC had caught 255 stray cattle during the first two days of the drive. In all, 140 MCC workers and 100 police personnel participated in the drive. But failing to accommodate caught cattle in the existing Gaushalas here, the MCC had decided to shift the stray cattle to UP.
At present, Chandigarh has two cattle sheds and a cattle pound. The cattle shed in Sector 45 can accommodate 350 animals and the one in Maloya has the capacity to accommodate 400 animals. The cattle pound in Industrial Area can provide shelter to 150 cattle. In last five months, three city residents have succumbed to their injuries after an accident with stray cattle at night in the southern sectors of the city. All the victims were on two-wheelers.
On April 6, 33 years old Harpreet Singh Sodhi was killed when the motorcycle he was riding rammed into stray cattle on the road separating Sectors 49 and 46.
Twenty-six-year-old Avinash Kumar rammed into stray cattle on August 16 near Sector 45 and succumbed to his injuries at GMCH-32 on August 20 morning. Another victim, 42 years old Atma Ram rammed his scooter into stray cattle at Sectors 31/32/46/47 roundabout on the night of August 17 and succumbed to his injuries on August 22 at GMCH-32.