Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has issued directions for installation of CCTV cameras at single entry gate of export oriented private and municipal corporation’s abattoirs to prevent animal slaughter exceeding permitted limit.
“Stringent penal action should be ensured against slaughterhouses which fail to install functional CCTV cameras within next 3 months”, he said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
Ranjan said that district administration and police will be responsible for ensuring presence of police and animal husbandry officers on entry gate specified for animals.
Chief Secretary was chairing a meeting on the issue of illegal slaughter of animals here.He said that a veterinary doctor should examine 96 animals in 8 hours in an abattoir. The team headed by the District Magistrate shall have to compulsorily inspect the slaughterhouses from time-to-time to ensure that adequate numbers of veterinary doctors are employed according to the permitted capacity of slaughterhouses.
He said that effective system of ante mortem and post mortem of animals should be ensured in slaughterhouses. Ranjan directed the police and animal husbandry officers to conduct checking of check-posts in districts for stopping smuggling and unauthorized trafficking of animals. He said that stern action should be taken against the people found involved in illegal animal trafficking to slaughterhouses.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Anant kumar singh Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj Chanchal kumar tiwari along with other senior officials.