The Times of India 11.08.2012
Patna’s modern slaughter house project in limbo
PATNA: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) project
of a modern slaughter house at Rama Chakberia on Patna-Gaya road is in
limbo due to the agitation by residents of the area around the allotted
land. Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) is looking for an alternative
place to complete the Rs 26 crore slaughter house project.
The
project of a modern slaughter house at Rama Chakberia on a 5-acre plot,
to be monitored by the PMC, was approved by the central animal husbandry
and fisheries department two years ago. “The state government had
earlier allotted 70 acres land for garbage disposal and five acres for
the construction of a modern slaughter house,” said Ravindra Kumar
Verma, chief engineer, PMC.
Verma said the PMC
was no longer monitoring the existing slaughter house at Shahganj in
Patna City area. The licence of the slaughter house was cancelled
following a Patna high court order in 2011, he said. The locals have
been demanding for its shifting to some other place.
According
to the rules for construction of a slaughter house, an area of 5km
around the site should have no human habitat. The allotted area is
densely populated and the residents have been protesting the proposed
slaughter house.
“The project will cost around Rs 26 crore. The
central animal husbandry and fisheries department had released Rs 1.9
crore to the state government. But due to the locals protest, we could
not take the no-objection letter from the pollution control board,” said
Verma.
