Stray animals: Bhopal Municipal Corporation directs AHOs to form teams to remove stray animals | Bhopal News
Bhopal: Bhopal Municipality (BMC) has instructed the health wing to remove stray animals and send it to the Kanji House or outside the limits of Bhopal. The instructions announced by BMC Commissioner Harendra Narayan on Saturday linked this initiative with the Swach Bharat Cleanliness initiative aims to improve mobility and human health, according to a press release.
To achieve this, the Assistant Health Officers (AHO) are to form teams dedicated to evicting stray animals. The BMC is actively catching animals roaming in public places and bringing them either to Kanji House or Gaushala. Narayan has stressed the need to AHOs A team has been set up in all 21 zones under the Govardhan Project department to ensure that this initiative is implemented effectively. The policy requires that stray animals must be sent away from their respective areas at least once a week.
Narayan stressed that the number of stray cattle increases during the rainy season. This exacerbates problems such as blocked drains and the spread of waste materials such as feces, urine and dung. These conditions contribute to unhygienic environments, foul odors and possible disease outbreaks.
Narayan in his order pointed out that during the rainy season, the number of stray cattle on the roads increases and the drains get clogged with the faeces, urine and dung of these animals, which gets on the roads and in the surrounding areas spreading filth and foul smell, which in turn poses the risk of diseases.
The ongoing exercise is in line with the cleanliness standards of Swachh Survekshan-2024 and aims to improve the overall cleanliness of the city.
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