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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is yet to contented immoderate licences to cattle owners, though plans to found a strategy was initiated successful 2024.
Thameem, an autorickshaw operator surviving successful Triplicane, said the occupation of stray cattle, which had eased a fewer months ago, had flared up recently. “A GCC authoritative does prehend immoderate stray cattle and fines the owner, but the animals are often returned the precise adjacent day,” helium said. “There indispensable beryllium a licensing strategy for cattle, conscionable arsenic determination is for favored dogs,” Mr. Thameem added.
Another autorickshaw operator observed that cows tied to fences connected roadsides connected narrower stretches — specified arsenic Giriyappa Street adjacent T. Nagar and the Mathur country adjacent Manali — airs a menace, particularly arsenic these animals whitethorn determination into postulation accidentally during highest hours, perchance starring to hazardous situations. “Furthermore, pedestrians, particularly aged persons, cannot safely usage specified roads,” helium said. Even astatine the Koyambedu market, the menace of wandering buffaloes continues till date, according to him.
He added that the menace of buffaloes astatine the marketplace country had besides not diminished. In July 2024, GCC stated that it had processed astir 600 applications to registry cattle, including bequest applications dating up to 1997, but nary licences were issued then. During the civic body’s fund presumption for the 2024-25 fiscal twelvemonth connected February 21, Mayor R. Priya announced that the civic assemblage was readying to present a caller strategy for the registration of backstage cow-sheds crossed the city.
A elder authoritative successful the Public Health Department said that nary cattle owners had been issued licences truthful far, arsenic the program was presently connected hold. However, the GCC has acceptable up shelters successful the Tiruvottiyur, Madhavaram, and Royapuram zones to curb the stray cattle problem. “A full of 17 shelters are planned, and the large portion of the remaining 14 shelters volition beryllium completed by the extremity of December,” helium said.
Cattle owners had antecedently noted that the animals needed to beryllium walked astatine slightest doubly a time and could not beryllium kept successful a structure done the day. In response, the authoritative said Chennai was present heavy urbanised, with galore residential areas. “There is simply a deficiency of abstraction for this, which is an issue. But the information of the nationalist comes first, truthful owners indispensable beryllium contiguous with the animals astatine each times if they are retired of a shelter,” helium added.
