BMC will soon turn the heat on illegal slaughterhouses….Linah Baliga
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses operating in the city.
The decision was announced at the civic body’s standing committee meeting on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the civic body has appointed Forward Engineering Consultants, a private firm, for the modernization of Deonar abattoir.
A study is being conducted of the requirement of non-vegetarian food vis-a-vis on the city’s population in the next 30 years.
“While BMC wants to crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses, we want to know the total meat consumption of the city and if there is a disparity between demand and supply. People buy meat from unauthorized slaughterhouses due to the decrease in supply. Penalizing them won’t resolve the issue,” said Sameer Desai, Congress corporator.