Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has given approval to the Yogi Adityanath government’s proposal to shift abattoirs outside city limits which will effectively ban slaughtering of animals in the city shops.
The State government had forwarded the ordinances, the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Nigam (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Palika (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to the Governor. The State Cabinet on January 17 amended decades-old municipal laws and passed two Bills under which all slaughterhouses would have to operate from outside the limits of a city.
The municipal corporations (Nagar Nigams) and municipal boards (Nagar Palikas) were stripped of powers to construct and run slaughterhouses and will now merely “regulate” them.
The government said the slaughterhouses were being shifted out of cities from the viewpoint of environment and hygiene.
The Cabinet’s decision and approval by the Governor come a few days ahead of the likely pronouncement of a verdict on January 31 by the Allahabad High Court in the appeal against shutting down of slaughterhouses by the Yogi Adityanath government.
The All India Jamiatul Quresh, body of Qureshis, traditional Muslim butcher community, has said the decision will not only lead to a rise in prices but
