Slaughterhouse crackdown in UP: Uttarakhand’s leopards too on a chicken diet

Poor Ruby is on a forced diet of poultry — kinda chicken feed for a grown-up girl who needs at least 6kg of protein-and fat-rich meat, either buffalo or goat, to keep her fit and agile.

The eight-year-old Ruby and six fellow leopards at Uttarakhand’s Chidiyapur animal rescue centre, on the outskirts of holy town Haridwar, are off their favourite diet after the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

And, a shoestring budget doesn’t allow the forest department to buy goat meat or mutton — more expensive than buffalo meat and poultry fowls, for the full-grown leopards in an age bracket of seven and nine years.

Even if officials dig deep into their pockets, it’s impossible to buy mutton locally in Haridwar, a strictly vegetarian town bereft of slaughterhouses or butcher shops because of its holy status.View more:-Bulk Sms Service provider

Hence, the less-nutritious alternative for the leopards — some of which were declared man-eaters before they were caught and brought to the rehab.

Source:-Hindustantimes

Job loss fear looms over UP’s biggest slaughterhouse where Hindus outnumber Muslims

Vishwanathan Pillai has never before felt so insecure about his job at an abattoir. His anxiety comes in the wake of on-going action that has been described by the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh as a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses.

Pillai, 40, who works as production head at Frigerio Conserva Allana Limited -- one of the country’s biggest, and legal, slaughterhouse-cum-meat processing units – said the factory has seen 50% reduction in buffalo stock due to the crackdown and fears the “worst is yet to come”.

“The traders have stopped transporting animals from local mandis for us because they fear they would be attacked on the way. Farmers do not want to sell their spent animals because the rates have come down. I do not know who will give us jobs if they close our plant too,” said Pillai.View more:-Bulk Sms Service provider

A father of two children who live with his wife back home, Pillai draws a salary of Rs 30,000 a month.

Source:-Hindustantimes

Yogi Adityanath asks officials to enforce ban on cow smuggling, shut illegal slaughterhouses in UP

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered officials on Wednesday to enforce a ban on the smuggling of cows in the state.

Adityanath also directed police officials to prepare an action plan for the closure of illegal abattoirs, news agency PTI reported.

The 44-year-old Adityanath is the head priest of Gorakhpur’s influential Gorakhnath shrine. Also, he is a five-term parliamentarian from Gorakhpur and considered a hardline Hindutva leader.

After his swearing-in as the Uttar Pradesh CM, police launched a crackdown on slaughterhouses.

The action was in line with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s pre-poll promise to shut down illegal slaughterhouses in the state. The party secured a landslide victory in the February-March assembly elections.View more:-Bulk Sms Service provider

Beef and the slaughter of cattle are illegal Uttar Pradesh -- like in most states across the country.

Source:-Hindustantimes

UP CM Yogi Adityanath: Reveal income, asset details within 15 days

Lucknow: Sending a strong message against corruption on day one, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asked all his ministers to provide details of their income, moveable and immoveable assets within 15 days.

He gave this direction to his ministers at the introductory meeting soon after assuming office. "As uprooting corruption is the main agenda of our party, the CM in his first meeting with his ministers directed them to give details of their income, moveable and immoveable properties within 15 days to the (party) organisation as well as the secretary (to CM)," cabinet minister Srikant Sharma said.

He added that the chief minister also emphasised on "coordination" between government and the BJP organisation. It was also decided to train new legislators and devise ways as to how they can remain connected with the electorate. On portfolios, Sharma said that no decision has been taken in this regard as of now and the chief minister will decide it later.

Earlier Adityanath told mediapersons that his government will follow 'sabka saath sabka vikas' agenda and claimed that the previous governments were corruption-ridden because of which the state had suffered. "In past 15 years, UP lagged behind in the race of development as previous governments indulged in corruption, nepotism and failed on the law and order front due to which
people were affected," he said.


Source:-Firstpost
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