Thursday, 25 January 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
MCD has no role in the administration of shelter: Dr Tiwari
The Kanji House located in Kedarpuram area is once again eliciting the attention of people for gross mismanagement and mistreatment of the cows sheltered there. On Wednesday evening commotion was created in the Kanji House when some locals protested against the condition of the cows. The angry people alleged that many cows in the Kanji House were on the verge of death and eyes of some of the cows had been gouged out. One local told The Pioneer that the cows are kept in terrible conditions at the shelter and the employees take no care of the cows kept there. On hearing about the incident senior officers of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) reached the Kanji House where they faced the ire of the locals. The senior veterinary officer of MCD, Dr DC Tiwari told this correspondent that the Kanji House is being operated by an NGO and that the MCD has no role in its administration. He acknowledged that some cows were found injured during the visit.
The chief spokesperson of Uttarakhand Congress Garima Dasauni also visited the spot. She said that it is a shame that the cows are kept in such terrible conditions at the Kanji House. Dasauni said that MCD cannot run away from its responsibility in the case.
It is worth mentioning here in the month of August last year Dasauni visited the Kanji House and alleged that the cows were dying in the shelter meant to protect them. She had done a Facebook live from the Kanji House which exposed the pathetic conditions of the cows there. She had also alleged rampant mismanagement and ill treatment of cows at the shelter.
