HC go-ahead for Panchkula slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse which is likely to start soon at Phase-1, Industrial Area, Panchkula.

Panchkula, January 22
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while disposing of a writ petition, has allowed the Panchkula administration to go ahead with its slaughterhouse project in the town. However, a no-objection certificate from the State Pollution Department is required before making the slaughterhouse functional.

Officials of the Haryana Urban Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation have scheduled a joint inspection of the project on January 25 to finalise the formal handover of the project to the civic body.

Now, the local residents can have access to quality meat products. At present, a number of illegal slaughterhouses are running at Abheypur, Kharag Mangoli, Old Panchkula, Rajiv Colony and Indira Colony. The slaughterhouse, which was constructed in 2003, could not be made operational for residents of Luxmi Enclave, which is situated very close to the slaughterhouse, filed an application in the court challenging the setting up of the slaughterhouse near the residential area.

The slaughterhouse was set up in Industrial Area Phase I, near a seasonal rivulet. While 1762.5 sqm of land was earmarked for the slaughterhouse on one side of the rivulet, about 3356. 5 sqm of land on the other side of the rivulet was earmarked for a meat market. A 2.5-m wide pedestrian bridge was to be constructed on the rivulet to connect the slaughterhouse and the meat market. The slaughterhouse has been built at a cost of Rs 20 lakh by HUDA.

Executive Engineer of HUDA Preet Mohan confirmed that a joint inspection committee was scheduled to visit the slaughter house on January 25. An effluent treatment plant has already been set up there and an application for NOC from the Sate Pollution Department to run the slaughter house will be forwarded soon, he said.