By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, FEB 9
The Haryana
Government has constituted a State Committee for Slaughter Houses headed by
Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies. It has also constituted District
Committee for Slaughter Houses under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner in
all districts.
The other members of the State Committee included Principal Secretary,
Development and Panchayats Department; Principal secretary, Health Department
or his representative, not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Director General
of Police or his representative, not below the rank of Inspector General of
Police; Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Labour Commissioner,
Director General, Animal Husbandry, Food Safety Commissioner representing
Central Food Safety and Standard Authority of India, Member Secretary, Haryana
State Pollution Control Board, Managing Director, Livestock Development Board
and two individuals namely Mr Naresh Kadian of Delhi and Dr Sonia Bharti,
Advocate of Kaithal. The Director, Urban Local Bodies would be Member
Secretary.
The State Committee would identify and prepare a list of all slaughter houses
located within the local self government that is Municipal Corporations and
Panchayats, call for reports from District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner
and District Food Safety Inspector, as the case may be on the functioning of
the slaughter houses and on compliance of relevant applicable laws. The
Committee would recommend modernization of old slaughter houses and relocate
those which are located within or in-close proximity to a residential area.
The Committee would send bi-annual reports on the state of slaughter houses to
the Central Committee and refer issues that may require recommendations of
Central Committee or Central Government’s assistance. It would accord final
approval for licensing of slaughter houses to local self government.
While the District Committee would be headed by Deputy Commissioner, Joint
Commissioner or Executive Officer or Secretary of Municipal Corporation or
Municipal Council or Municipal Committee would be the Member Secretary. Other
members of the Committee included Superintendent of Police, Civil Surgeon or
Deputy Civil Surgeon, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Regional Officer,
Haryana State Pollution Control Board, District Development and Panchayats
Officer, Estate Officer, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Executive
Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, District Town Planner and
Labour Welfare Officer.
The
District Committee would also identify and prepare a list of all slaughter
houses located within the area of their district that is Municipal
Corporations/Municipal Councils, Municipal Committees, Haryana Urban
Development Authority, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development
Corporation and Panchayats. It would send reports from the district to the
State Committee on functioning of slaughter houses and also on compliance of
relevant applicable laws. It would recommend modernization of old slaughter
houses and the relocation of those which are located in close proximity to residential
area. It would send bi-annual reports on the district slaughter houses to the
State Committee and refer issues that may require Central Committee’s
recommendations or Central Government’s assistance.
Both
the State and District Level Committees would recommend appropriate measures to
deal with solid waste, water and air pollution and for preventing cruelty to
the animals meant for slaughter. These would also carry out surprise and random
inspections of slaughter houses regularly and issue directions for compliance
of recommendations that may be made by it. These Committees will also identify
on an ongoing basis, the unlicensed slaughter houses in the region and other
unlicensed, unlawful establishment where animals are being slaughtered on
howsoever a small scale it may be. These Committees would take help of District
Magistrate and other law enforcement agencies to crack down on the same and
would also check child labour.
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