The modern abattoir taken up in public-private partnership mode at Paradesipalem is likely to commence trial run from November 1 and full-fledged operations by the end of that month.
For the Rs.36-crore project, the GVMC has provided 11 acres of land and the Ministry of Food Processing has sanctioned Rs.15 crore for it.
The Ministry has proposed to set up modern abattoirs in every State and the one in the city is said to be most modern along with the one in Mumbai and another in Uttar Pradesh.
The abattoir has facilities for slaughter, processing, and storage. For value addition, it will also adopt modern procedures for disposal of blood and bones of animals, and waste with rendering and effluent treatment plants.
The machinery is already in place and Municipal Commissioner Pravin Kumar is insisting that it should go on stream from November 1 itself.
However, an urban local body-level committee, headed by the Commissioner himself, has to take a final decision on the charges to be levied for slaughter of animals.
Besides the A.P. Pollution Control Board clearance after trial run, approval of authorities concerned for charging the 33 KV sub-station, and final approval for land conversion are awaited, it is learnt.
The tender for the abattoir was approved by the GVMC general body in February 2010 and by the State Government in May 2010. The final approval for the project by the Ministry of Food Processing was given in August 2013. After that, the project was to have been completed in 18 months beginning work in June 2013. However, with land alienated without de-notifying an abandoned tank-bed, the release of money by the Government of India got delayed.
The plant has a capacity to slaughter 2,000 small animals and 1,000 large animals per day. As of now, the city has two slaughter houses, at Hanumathavaka and Gajuwaka, which can slaughter 2,000 small animals in a week. The Gajuwaka unit has a separate facility for large animals.
As a part of the agreement, the private company is permitted to export 100 tonnes of meat a day and has to pay one per cent of its gross turnover to the GVMC, it is learnt.
