Soon,the solution to the perennial stray animal menace will be at your fingertips.You can upload the picture of stray animals roaming in your area on an e-portalfollowing which the enforcement staff will take them away and rehabilitate themat the pounds and sheds available for the purpose in the state.
This24x7 facility will be one-of-its-own-types and is aimed at checking theincreasing menace of stray animals.
Besides,the existing capacity of the cattle pounds besides the sheds at the governmentfacilities will also be augmented with additional space to accommodate morestray animals to be caught under the special drive to free the roads and publicspaces of the stray animals in the state.
Thedecisions to this effect were taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by theChief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, to review the steps being taken toeffectively address the menace of stray animals in the state.
TheChief Secretary instructed the Governance Reforms department to develop ane-portal with the 24x7 facility of uploading the clicked picture of strayanimals roaming in the public area with its latitude and longitude(geo-tagging). The uploaded picture on the portal shall be accessed at theheadquarter level, from where the same will be automatically transferred to theconcerned officials for catching and taking away the photographed strayanimals.
Ongetting the intimation, the animal catching team, along with all the requisitenecessary equipment and logistics, will move to the area concerned and bringthat animal to the nearest shelter, pound, and shed with prior information tothat government and private facility for making all the necessary arrangementsfor the arriving animal.
The animal, after being lodged at the facility, wouldbe given due veterinary care by the local veterinarian and the requisite careand management would be provided by the concerned shelter house for ensuringproper rehabilitation of the caught stray animal. The officials concerned willbe responsible to act on every photograph and intimate the action taken reportto the headquarters.
TheChief Secretary also directed the Rural Development and Panchayats departmentto construct more sheds in all the 20 government cattle pounds in the state.
Besides,she also asked the Rural Development department to work out a plan to opensmaller pounds in a 5-acre area at block level in the state.
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AdditionalChief Secretary Animal Husbandry Vijay Kumar Janjua apprised the ChiefSecretary that 10,024 cattle have been kept at 20 government pounds, having 77cattle sheds.
ACSRural Development and Panchayats Seema Jain, Principal Secretary LocalGovernment Ajoy Kumar Sinha and other senior officials of the state governmentalso attended the meeting.