The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on the sale of meat during 9-days-long festival of ‘Paryushan Parv’ starting from August 22 including ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ on August 29 in the areas under its jurisdiction.
Following the directives issued from Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and Urban Administration Department, the RMC has issued order to keep all the slaughter houses and meat shops closed from August 22 to 29. RMC Health Officer, Dr Shiv Sharma has directed all the zone health officers and supervisors to ensure that all the meat shops of their respective areas will remain closed during the said time period.Stern action as per the law will be taken against those found violating the order while appropriate actions will also be taken against the concerned health officer and supervisors on failing to enforce the order.