Slaughterhouse Crackdown
Don't bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre to NGT
There is no requirement to bring slaughterhouses and meat processing units under the ambit of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as guidelines and safeguards are already in place to regulate them from an environmental perspective, the Centre has told the National Green Tribunal. Animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi approached the green tribunal last year demanding that slaughterhouses and meat processing units be brought within the ambit of EIA, 2006. She raised concerns regarding over consumption of water at slaughterhouses, contamination of water bodies due to improper solid waste disposal and the risk of zoonotic diseases due to exposure to unhealthy carcasses among others. The Union Environment Ministry submitted an affidavit to the NGT recently. The affidavit is based on a report by an eight-member working group set up by the ministry in August last year. "Requisite guidelines/safeguards are already in place to regulate the slaughterhouses /processing
 "Don't bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre to NGT")
Letters: Never too late
It is never too late to correct our mistakes, if we realise that yes, we have goofed up
UP's abattoir shutdown: Butchers, farmers, traders hit while big biz gain
Unable to get a good price, most of the farmers decide to take their animals back home
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