JAIPUR: Stray cattle have become a big menace for residents of Walled City. For the last eight months since lockdown, civic problems have increased all around the city especially after the division of Jaipur Municipal Corporation into Greater and Heritage.
Residents of Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage are facing immense difficulty due to stray cattle. In places like Chandpol Gate, Govind Devji temple and near Chaughan stadium around five to 10 cattle can be seen on road.
Vikas Kothari, a resident of the Walled City area, said that for the past couple of months this problem has increased. “On every corner of the city, stray cattle can be seen blocking the traffic and roads. We have to be careful while crossing the road,” said Kothari.
One of the reasons of these cattle is the presence of illegal dairies in the Walled City areas. According to rules, no one is allowed to keep more than one cow in the city or else it will be considered as dairy. There are many illegal dairies being functioning inside the Walled City areas selling milk and owners are the ones responsible to set their cattle loose in the street. Authorities have done little to shift these dairies to the city outskirts despite various courts orders.
Laxmikant Sharma, head of animal husbandry department in JMC Heritage said that they are working to resolve the complaints as soon as possible.
Moreover, there is also a problem of division of resources among the two corporations. Letters have been written by the officials in JMC Heritage to UDH headquarters to separate the resources and give them vehicles for catching the cattle as at present it is not possible to resolve all the complaints.
Most of the cattle seen in the Walled City area have a tag on their ear. It means they have been caught earlier and sent back to their owners who have again left them on loose. This is actually a violation of law and FIR can be registered against the owner.