 Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 28:
Seeking a probe into the transportation of over 300 cows to Manipur from Belicharana farm and the death of several cows and calves during transit, several NPP activists led by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman-JKNPP & former Minister staged a massive protest at Exhibition ground in Jammu today.
The angry protestors, raised slogans against the UT administration Animal Husbandry Department J&K and local officers for allowing the carriage of bovines to Manipur in a hush hush manner raising speculations over the fate of transportation of cows to North-East known for its brutality against cows and other bovines.
They raised slogans of "BJP govt Hai Hai, Gau Hatyaron ko saza do, saza do", Gau par atyachar nahin sahenge, nahi sahenge", "Gau taskari karne walon par karwai karo, karwai, karwai karo". The protestors sought stoppage of further transportation of remaining 400 cows of the said farm from Jammu to Manipur and other States and handing over their custody to locals at rates prescribed for their sale.
Addressing the gathering Harsh Dev Singh said that the transporters who were hired by authorities for carriage of the said cows had reported that during the ten day transit period, several cows had died in transit while dozens of cows had become senseless. It was further reported by them that atleast ten lactating cows gave birth to youngones in trucks several of whom expired during the course of transit. It has further been reported that dozens of cows were dragged out of the trucks in Imphal to unload them as they got unconscious during the10 day arduous journey in the trucks with hardly any sufficient fodder to eat during transit. The extremely brutal and barbaric treatment to cows is a matter of serious concern and needs immediate probe in the light of starting revelations by transporters and truck operators" observed Singh.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Pratap Singh, Parshotam Parihar, Khajur Singh, Surinder Chouhan, K.K Sharma, S. Amandeep Singh, Nirmal Kishore, M.S. Thakur, Rashpaul Singh, S.L Bhat, Balvinder Singh, Mehar Singh, Pardeep Kumar, Makhan Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Sandokh Singh, S. Pawandeep Singh, Surjit Kumar, Sham Singh, Garu Ram Satnam Singh, Swaran Singh besides others. |
