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Bhopal Civic Body Forms Team To Implement Slaughterhouse Court Order
Bhopal’s municipal corporation is creating a team to inspect a modern slaughterhouse.
The team includes revenue officials, veterinarians and animal-disease specialists.
They will check what is stored inside and whether the animal products are usable.
Officials will record the inspection on video.
Spoiled items will be destroyed.
Usable items will be handled according to directions from the state and city authorities.
The court also ordered officials to stop the ammonia plant after the items are removed.
Separately, the High Court refused a request to permanently close the slaughterhouse because it was already operating and had received required permissions.
Bhopal Municipal Corporation formed a joint team to implement the Jabalpur High Court’s directions on the modern slaughterhouse at Maida Mill Road, Jinsi.
The team will inspect the premises, examine stored articles and assess the condition and quality of animal products.
The inspection and related proceedings will be video-recorded, with deteriorated articles to be destroyed.
The High Court directed authorities to stop the ammonia plant after the articles are removed.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL seeking permanent closure, citing existing permissions, prior tribunal proceedings and delayed filing.
- Who
- The Bhopal Municipal Corporation, state officials, veterinary experts and the Madhya Pradesh High Court are involved.
- What
- A joint team will inspect and process materials at the modern slaughterhouse while implementing High Court directions; a closure PIL was dismissed.
- Where
- The modern slaughterhouse at Maida Mill Road, Jinsi, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- When
- The team decision followed a meeting on August 27 and the High Court order of August 25; the closure PIL was dismissed on September 1.
- Why
- To implement the court’s directions, assess stored animal products, remove deteriorated materials and address the petition seeking permanent closure.
Petitioners’ Concerns
Court And Civic Authorities’ Position
Environmental and public-health impact
Petitioners’ Concerns
The petitioners raised environmental and public-health concerns, referring to alleged pollution from the earlier Jinsi Road slaughterhouse.
Court And Civic Authorities’ Position
The court did not find grounds to interfere with the facility’s operation and noted that the Pollution Control Board had inspected it and granted necessary permissions.
Location and permanent closure
Petitioners’ Concerns
The petitioners questioned the location of the new slaughterhouse and sought its permanent closure.
Court And Civic Authorities’ Position
The court observed that the facility had already been constructed and made operational, that nearly Rs 29 crore had been spent, and that the petition was filed after about three years’ delay.
Handling materials at the facility
Petitioners’ Concerns
The petition raised concerns about the facility and its potential effects on public health.
Court And Civic Authorities’ Position
The municipal team will inspect the premises, destroy deteriorated articles, process usable items under official directions and stop the ammonia plant after removal.
Key facts
- Civic body
- Bhopal Municipal Corporation
- Inspection team
- An SDM or tehsildar, a senior veterinary doctor and three State Animal Disease Investigation Laboratory specialists
- Inspection process
- The premises, stored articles and animal products will be examined, with proceedings video-recorded.
- Deteriorated articles
- Items found to have deteriorated will be destroyed.
- Ammonia plant
- Authorities were directed to stop it after articles are removed.
- Closure petition
- The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL seeking permanent closure of the slaughterhouse.
- Project cost cited by court
- Nearly Rs 29 crore had already been spent on the facility.
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