Gandhinagar: The Urban Development Department formulates the bill to effectively curb threats of livestock in urban areas of the country.
Although the state government does not intend to ban livestock at all in cities, it is expected to make more stringent punishment for roaming livestock on the streets.
The spotlight of the new law is that every head of livestock in urban areas must be accounted for and the owner must get a license for every livestock they have.
Minister of State, Urban Development Vinod Moradia said that if a cattle was confiscated, strict action would be taken against the owner.
The owner must meet certain requirements when we get a license for their livestock.
“Among other conditions, the owner will be asked to provide evidence that they have land and other arrangements to look after livestock,” said Minister.
The minister said that new laws will not completely ban livestock in urban areas, but the punishment to leave livestock on the road will be made tighter.
Lately, the number of people is injured or killed because livestock that gets lost has increased.
A few days ago, senior citizens were persecuted to death by wild ox.
Similar instances have been reported from other parts of the country too.
The Gujarat High Court has repeatedly taken the civil body for the task of the problem of cylbles that roam the streets and pose a risk of their safety on the road.
Recently the High Court asked the state government to form a policy to contain livestock threats and implement it effectively.