Hry requests Raj, Pb, Delhi, UP to launch stray cattle-free

The Haryana government has requested Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to launch stray cattle-free programmes so that unwanted migration of such cattle could be prevented effectively.
In a demi-official letter addressed to the chief ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, said sometime, a large number of stray cattle from these states enters Haryana.
"This has adversely affected the stray cattle-free programme of the state," he mentioned in the letter, according to an official released here today.
Khattar urged his Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh counterparts to cooperate in this cause and launch a similar programme in their respective states so that the entire region could be made completely stray cattle-free.

Referring the programme in Haryana, Khattar said it had been launched to tackle the problem of stray cattle by way of rehabilitating these animals in Gaushalas (cowsheds), Nandishalas, Gau-grah and cattle ponds at various places in the state.
"The government has shifted more than 90 per cent stray cattle to these centres and provided them a better environment to live in. This move had not only made the roads animal-free and lowered the incidences of accidents, but also prevented the loss to farmers as these animals were also damaging their crops," he said.

The release also said the Haryana government has decided to conduct third party verification in districts which have been declared stray cattle-free by the respective district administrations.

According to an estimate, the state had around 1.5 lakh stray cattle out of which 1.4 lakh have been accommodated and rehabilitated in the gaushalas and nandishalas, it said.
The release said the chief minister has directed all the deputy commissioners and municipal commissioners to make efforts so that all districts and towns are completely free of stray cattle.