Centre offers expertise for bird slaughterhouse project

At present,the modern slaughterhouse that has been set up by the MC has provisions for slaughtering of goat,sheep,etc.

Only a temporary slaughterhouse is present for slaughtering birds. The proposed slaughterhouse would be set up in the Industrial Area.

When the proposal was mooted,it was suggested that provisions for slaughtering of 20,000 chicken be made. This has been increased to 40,000 birds now,considering that around 25,000 birds are slaughtered every day. Keeping in view future demand,the capacity has been increased.

For the past three years the Municipal Corporation has been making provisions in the budget for setting up the slaughterhouse,for which the total estimated cost is Rs 12 crore. In the budget for the year 2009-10,a provision of Rs 9.2 crore had been made while in the subsequent year this was decreased to Rs 7 crore.

A Municipal Corporation official said that the aim is to ensure that residents get hygienic chicken.

The birds are slaughtered by the meat shop owners in unhygienic conditions.

The meat sellers in the city are not too pleased with the proposal. In fact,the civic body’s move to ask them to get the birds slaughtered at the temporary slaughterhouse,too,has been opposed by them. A meat seller claimed that customers ask for freshly slaughtered meat; so they cannot get all the birds slaughtered at once.