Tuesday, 14 March 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Dehradun district magistrate Sonika has directed the Dehradun municipal commissioner Manuj Goyal to send a proposal to the State administration to shift all dairies out of the city. She also asked the officials to mark the land to build a shelter for stray cattle. The DM held a meeting with dairy operators on Monday in the presence of the officials of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), the Animal Husbandry department and Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) to discuss the operation of dairies in Dehradun as per the rules. The officials informed the DM that currently, about 500 dairies are operating in the city, out of which 119 applied for registration for licenses and 93 have already been issued licences. Sonika directed the officials concerned in all departments to speed up the registration process while conducting joint inspections and imposing penalties on the unregistered dairies.
She also instructed the dairy operators to keep the cattle with care as per the law. She also directed them to ensure proper disposal of cow dung. She also asked MCD to coordinate with dairies to ensure cow dung is disposed of properly. He ordered the dairy operators to not release unproductive cattle and male calves on roads. She directed the chief veterinary officer to carry out the tagging process of cattle. The DM also ordered the veterinary officer to register the calves/heifers being born in the dairy according to their gender to monitor them. The municipal commissioner informed the DM that he has directed to form a joint team of MCD officials, UEPPCB and the animal husbandry department to submit a report against the violations being done in dairies.
