Green tribunal seeks report on Chennai slaughterhouses from corpn
Are you a meat eater? Then think twice before purchasing it in Chennai.
Chennai: Are you a meat eater? Then think twice before purchasing it in Chennai. The slaughterhouses in the city, from where the meat is sent to the vendors, are in a deplorable condition, says the TNPCB.
In an affidavit filed by the board before the southern bench of the national green tribunal on Friday, it stated that the slaughterhouses, run by Chennai corporation, were in poor condition, which could lead to the supply of sub-standard meat to consumers and the possibility, in turn, of endemic diseases.
TNPCB filed the affidavit on a petition by People for Cattle in India, seeking the ban of illegal slaughterhouses in Chennai. The board informed the bench, comprising judicial member justice M. Chockalingam and expert member, Dr R. Nagendran, that it had conducted inspections of slaughterhouses in Pulianthope, Saidapet and Villivakkam.
The corporation of Chennai delayed granting permission for starting a modernised slaughterhouse in Pulianthope. The slaughtering was carried out in an unhygienic manner, and the waste generated was not disposed of properly.
The slaughterhouses in Villivakam and Saidapet did not have permission for an effluent treatment plant and were discharging untreated effluents into the public sewer. Hence, Chennai corporation had issued them a notice.
In its reply, the corporation stated that action had been initiated against 850 unlicensed meat stalls in Chennai. Slaughterhouses in Villivakkam and Saidapet have been modernised and the Pulianthope slaughter house is under the process of modernisation. Dissatisfied over the response,the NGT directed the corporation to file a detailed report at the next hearing on January 22.