Bhopal: In yet another order, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed dairy operators to move their cattle outside the city limits. The BMC directive on Monday has given dairy owners till January 15 or a month to comply.
BMC issues notice to dairy operators and warned that legal action will be taken against those who do not comply the order.Notices have been served to those running dairies in violation of the rules, asking them to relocate the animals of their dairies outside the municipal corporation limits by January 15, 2024.
“In case, the dairy is not relocated within the said period, the BMC has warned that legal action will be taken, the entire responsibility of which will be on the concerned dairy operator,” said an official.
In the fresh notice issued by BMC to the dairy operators, it has been mentioned that the dairy operators are running the dairy within the BMC limits, due to which the waste emitted by the livestock is not being disposed of as per the rules, causing pollution of water — a violation of Pollution Prevention Control Act 1974, Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1981, Environment (Protection Act 1986), Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Animal Trespassing Act 1971 and Madhya Pradesh Animal Control Act, 1976.
In the past as well, the BMC has issued public notices to shift the dairies operating in the city to move out of the corporation limits. As per BMC guidelines stray cattles are not permitted within the municipal limits.
If found, the cattle is impounded. The maximum time a cow can be impounded by the BMC is eight days. Penalisation fine is Rs 220 per day and for Rs 40 per day for feeding the animal. If the owners do not turn up to claim the impounded animals, the BMC sends the cattles to a gaushalas.
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BMC issues notice to dairy operators and warned that legal action will be taken against those who do not comply the order.Notices have been served to those running dairies in violation of the rules, asking them to relocate the animals of their dairies outside the municipal corporation limits by January 15, 2024.
“In case, the dairy is not relocated within the said period, the BMC has warned that legal action will be taken, the entire responsibility of which will be on the concerned dairy operator,” said an official.
In the fresh notice issued by BMC to the dairy operators, it has been mentioned that the dairy operators are running the dairy within the BMC limits, due to which the waste emitted by the livestock is not being disposed of as per the rules, causing pollution of water — a violation of Pollution Prevention Control Act 1974, Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1981, Environment (Protection Act 1986), Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Animal Trespassing Act 1971 and Madhya Pradesh Animal Control Act, 1976.
In the past as well, the BMC has issued public notices to shift the dairies operating in the city to move out of the corporation limits. As per BMC guidelines stray cattles are not permitted within the municipal limits.
If found, the cattle is impounded. The maximum time a cow can be impounded by the BMC is eight days. Penalisation fine is Rs 220 per day and for Rs 40 per day for feeding the animal. If the owners do not turn up to claim the impounded animals, the BMC sends the cattles to a gaushalas.
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