Two modern abattoirs for Jammu, Srinagar

Two modern abattoirs for Jammu, Srinagar
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 13
The state government has sanctioned two modern abattoirs to be set up on the outskirts of Jammu and Srinagar cities.

The decision will solve the long-pending demand of the residents of Dogra Hall and Gujjar Nagar areas to shift the slaughterhouses located in their residential areas. The residents of these areas had earlier requested the authorities concerned to shift the slaughterhouses to some uninhabited area.

“It is a big problem to sit in the open or on the terrace, as it stinks the whole day,” said Rashmi, a resident of Dogra Hall. She added that if the government had mooted the proposal to shift the two slaughterhouses, their problem would be solved.

Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand had announced recently that the Union Ministry for Food Processing had sanctioned two modern abattoirs for Jammu and Srinagar cities. He had said, “To set up a modern abattoir at Jagti in Jammu will cost Rs 20.7 crore, while to construct another at Wahinama in Srinagar will cost Rs 28 crore”.

The Deputy Chief Minister said they had invited the expression of interests to prepare the detailed project reports so that the work could be started on time. Land measuring 75 kanals has been identified at Jagti, while the process to identify land in Srinagar was on.

According to sources, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation had also projected a demand for Rs 28 crore under the 13th Finance Commission for setting up a modern abattoir at Alochibagh in Srinagar.

The sources added that after the two new abattoirs were constructed, the slaughterhouses located in the residential areas would be shifted.