ANIMAL Rights International has accused
the department of animal husbandry
and dairy of the ministry of agriculture,
of openly flouting rules by planning to
set up abattoir-cum-carcass utilisation
plants near 10 pre-selected Air Force
airfields. According to the plan, (vide
reference no: 3-34/95 fin) the slaughter
houses will be set up at Hindon,
Gwalior, Ambala, Sirsa, Bareilly,
Tezpur, Jodhpur, Adampur, Pune and
Dundigal. Laxmi Narayan Modi, executive director of the animal rights body
has alleged that the plan is an attempt to
.cover up sinister design of opening
slaughter houses for public."
Air Force planes face a grave risk of
bird-hits if the plan is carried out. The
Aircraft Act 1934 does not permit any
abattoir or carcass utilisation centre
within 10 km from the boundaries of
the airfields. The proposed plan
does not make any mention about
tackling proteinous waste material
dumped by the abattoirs. Also, there is
no proposal in the plan to deal with illegal and clandestine slaughter outside the airfields.
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