Propose a permanent solution to stray cattle menace in next hearing: Gujarat HC to Govt

The high court has ordered the state government to come up with a strong proposal about the permanent solution of stray cattle menace, in the next hearing of the case about stray cattle menace on 15th November.

The high court had called Principal Secretary of Urban development and urban housing department Mukesh Kumar, DGP Ashish Bhatia, and AMC commissioner M Thennarasan ro remain present in the hearing yesterday. The next hearing is on 15th November. The high court has ordered to run the works of catching stray cattle and patrolling on a 24 hours basis till then.

In the hearing of the contempt petition and PIL filed by advocate Amit Panchal about stray cattle menace yesterday, the high court stated that the actions by the state government, AMC and police to resolve this issue are insufficient. The high court ordered the state government, AMC and police to take strong result oriented steps for permanent solution of this issue. The high court ordered Principal Secretary of Urban development and urban housing department Mukesh Kumar to take personal interest in the actions to resolve the issue. The state government has assured to take strict actions for solution of the issue in the state including Ahmedabad.

The high court ordered a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of the youth who died due to stray cattle in Naroda, instead of Rs 2 lakh. The high court stated that the actions by AMC and state government only seem to be on paper and there is no effective and strong result.