Now Rajasthan, Uttrakhand, Chhattisgarh, MP clamp down on illegal slaughter houses

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Following the Uttar Pradesh government’s action against illegal slaughterhouses, four more Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh – on Tuesday began its crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses. The first state to follow the UP’s action was Jharkhand. Three meat shops were sealed in Haridwar, 11 asked to shut down in Raipur and one in Indore.

Approximately 4,000 illegal shops face closure in Jaipur. The Jaipur Municipal Corporation has announced clamping down on such shops and slaughterhouses from April. However, meat sellers have claimed that the JMC has not renewed or issued new licenses for any shops since March 31, 2016. They further alleged that that 950 of these 4,000 shops were authorised,

However, the daily quoted a JMC official as saying that municipal body had okayed a proposal for hiking the licence fee from Rs 10 to Rs 1,000. However, the gazette notification had not been issued till date, which is why licences could not be renewed. On Monday, the Jharkhand government had asked closure of illegal abattoirs within 72 hours.