Meat sellers find slaughter house unviable

Ludhiana: Even as MC officials are claiming that the slaughter house will become operational soon, shopkeepers say that the proposal will not be viable for them. According to them, 90% of buyers prefer freshly slaughtered meat and chicken. Moreover, the slaughter house is far off and shopkeepers in other areas of the city will not be allowed to get birds and animals there for slaughtering.
The shopkeepers also claimed that now no shopkeeper will get a licence for slaughtering as last year the district health department did not give any licence.
President of Ludhiana Wholesale Non-Veg Association Bhupinder Singh said, “There are at least 3,000 shops in the city where chicken, mutton and even pork is available and it is not practical on the part of the MC to ask all to get slaughtering done at the slaughter house on Hambran road. Besides, buyers are not going to buy meat if they see it’s kept in a freezer.
Senior veterinary officer Dr YP Singh said there was no problem in implementing the same as there would be strict action against those who would not follow the rules. He said they want to take the slaughtering at a distance from the city area as residents found it to be a nuisance.