Becoming stringent against the owners of all kinds of stray cattle in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has collected the revenue of over Rs two lakh as a penalty since January. For the last few months, the MCD is quite active in catching stray cattle like cows, bulls, horses, donkeys, mules and pigs. The corporation collected the revenue of over Rs 1,42,150 as a penalty from the cattle owners from March to December while since January, MCD collected over Rs two lakh.
However, a big part of this revenue was generated through the penalties imposed on pig owners as the corporation picked up about 40 pigs in the last few weeks. As informed by the senior veterinary officer of MCD, Dr DC Tiwari, “We are picking all kinds of stray cattle including pigs and mules left by their owners in public places. By abandoning the cattle on roads to live on their own, the irresponsible owners put the lives of the cattle as well as humans in danger. We are picking such animals and keeping them in our animal shelter.” He further informed that cattle owners are charged with Rs 2,000 for each stray cattle for the first three days and after that, the owners have to pay Rs 1000 for every additional day. Meanwhile, as compared to the previous financial years like the years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 when the corporation collected revenue of around Rs 65,000 and Rs two lakh respectively by imposing penalties on stray cattle owners, the MCD has collected more than Rs two lakhs within one and a half month only. Referring to this, Tiwari said that the corporation has always imposed penalties on such irresponsible owners but now the MCD has intensified their drive. He added that so far, the corporation has collected the total revenue of over Rs three lakh by penalising stray cattle owners.
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
