State Urban Development, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries minister Pritam Singh Panwar has directed officials concerned to release Rs10 lakh for construction of Gau Sadan. The minister issued this direction while chairing a meet to review works of the Gau Sewa Ayog in Dehradun on Thursday.
At the meeting various ways were discussed for stopping the illegal bovine slaughter continuing in the plain districts of the State. The Uttarakhand director general of police BS Sidhu directed the police officers concerned that for putting a stop on illegal cow slaughter, CO Roorkee has been made the nodal officer in Haridwar district, CO City in Dehradun district and CO Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district. Panwar directed officials to hold a meeting in the near future to discuss means of activating cow shelters in the State. It was also decided in the meeting that the five hectare standard for pasture development will be reduced.
The police department, animal husbandry department, forest department and voluntary organisations will form teams for stopping the smuggling of bovines in Garhwal and Kumaon regions. A meeting will be chaired by the minister on September 8 to discuss finalisation of the organisation structure of the Gau Sewa Ayog, Animal Husbandry Board and other boards.
Principal secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dr Ranvir Singh, director, Animal Husbandry, Dr Kamal Malhotra and others were also present in the meeting.