Articles tagged under: Stray Cattle

Stray bull clash at wedding leaves 15 injured in Lakhtar, Surendranagar

March 12, 2024
Stray bull clash at wedding leaves 15 injured in Lakhtar, Surendranagar

Surendranagar: In yet another case of the stray cattle menace, two stray bulls, while fighting each other, entered a wedding function, leaving 15 people injured in the village of Surendranagar. The incident occurred in the Mafatiya Para area of Lakhtar town during the wedding of a couple from Kajipura village in Viramgam taluka. The two stray bulls, engaged in a fight, attacked and injured the couple as well as others. A total of 15 people were injured in the incident and were transported to ...Read More

Ahmedabad court gives 3-year jail sentence to cattle owner

March 05, 2024
Ahmedabad court gives 3-year jail sentence to cattle owner

Ahmedabad: Taking a tough stance on the stray cattle menace on the city roads, a city sessions court has sentenced a cattle owner to three years in jail for allowing his animals to roam freely on public streets. In June 2019, a cattle impounding party seized two cows and three calves on Sariyam Road within the Sabarmati police station's jurisdiction. The owner, Hargovind Desai, faced charges under Sections 308 and 289 of the Indian Penal Code, as well as various sections of the Prevention of ...Read More

Cattle owners attack SMC team during stray cattle capture; One hospitalised

January 17, 2024
Cattle owners attack SMC team during stray cattle capture; One hospitalised

Surat: An incident of a cattle owner attacking the civic body's cattle control team has come to light in Pandesara area of the city. The team from the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) was in Pandesara to capture stray cattle in an open plot near Khadi Pul (bridge). The cattle owner and his family rushed to the scene while the cattle were being taken away. Attempts were made by the cattle owners to release the cattle seized by the SMC team. This followed by a heated argument between the SMC t...Read More

Stray cattle menace: 9-year-old succumbs to injuries in Jetpur

December 23, 2023
Stray cattle menace: 9-year-old succumbs to injuries  in Jetpur

Jetpur: The stray cattle menace in the state has claimed yet another innocent life, as a 9-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries from a stray animal attack in Jetpur after being in hospital for 6 days. The incident occurred six days ago when the 9-year-old boy was attacked by stray cattle while playing outside his house with his friend. The boy suffered grievous injuries on his body as well as head. He was taken to the hospital and was later referred to the government hospital in Junagadh. L...Read More

Gujarat HC rebukes cattle owners for obstructing stray cattle control

December 23, 2023
Gujarat HC rebukes cattle owners for obstructing stray cattle control

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court strongly criticized cattle owners on Friday, emphasizing their role in obstructing the civic body's efforts to clear stray cattle from public streets. The court reiterated its expectation for decisive action against any illegal activities. In a contempt of court hearing regarding city road maintenance, traffic issues, and the stray cattle problem, a lawyer representing cattle owners complained about the firmness of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offici...Read More

AMC increases payment to panjrapols for sheltering captured cows

November 10, 2023
AMC increases payment to panjrapols for sheltering captured cows

Ahmedabad: In order to curb the menace of stray cattle in the city, the cattle control department of the city's civic body is impounding a high number of stray cattle. Consequently, the three cattle ponds managed by the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have become overcrowded. To alleviate the burden of maintaining these cows, a decision has been made that if any Panjrapole (Gausahala) takes in 750 cows, the facility owners will be compensated with Rs. 7,000 as maintenance costs which was pre...Read More

Stray cattle menace: Motorcyclist loses life in collision with cow, brother injured

November 06, 2023
Stray cattle menace: Motorcyclist loses life in collision with cow, brother injured

Surat: In another incident of the stray cattle menace in Gujarat, a motorcyclist lost his life after colliding with a stray cow on the road in the Saroli area of the city. The brother of the deceased also suffered a fractured arm in the accident. Two brothers, Tushar Mishra (deceased) and Gaurav Mishra (injured), who worked at the Ankit Gems diamond factory, were on their way home after work. Suddenly, a stray cow appeared on the Saroli road. Before Tushar, who was riding the motorcycle, coul...Read More

Rajkot civic body to give body-worn cameras to cattle impounding team

November 04, 2023

Rajkot: In order to curb the stray cattle menace, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) is going to provide body-worn cameras to the cattle control team. The decision was taken by the civic body's standing committee. The civic body is also going to set up two new animal hostels in Kotharia and Sokhda area. Speaking to the media in reaction to this decision, Jaymin Thakar, Chairman of the Standing Committee of RMC, said, "We need two new animal hostels, vehicles for the cattle impounding team...Read More

Vadodara Municipal Corporation has no dedicated CNCD

October 30, 2023
Vadodara Municipal Corporation has no dedicated CNCD

Vadodara: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will start implementation of the new cattle policy from 1st November to curb the menace of stray cattle. However unlike Surat and Ahmedabad municipal corporations, VMC has no provision of Cattle nuisance control department. In Surat and Ahmedabad, class-one officers take care of Cattle Nuisance Control Department (CNCD). In Vadodara however, the task is handled by dabaan shakha(anti encroachment branch) that has four staffers, while other staff ...Read More

ACP, Muni. Commissioner, Principal Secretary present in Gujarat HC face heat over issues including stray cattle

October 27, 2023
ACP, Muni. Commissioner, Principal Secretary present in Gujarat HC face heat over issues including stray cattle

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court had summoned the principal secretary of the urban development department, the Ahmedabad municipal commissioner, and the police commissioner to elucidate the ongoing failure to execute court mandates aimed at addressing the issue of stray cattle on the streets. Today, with the presence of these officers, the bench of Justices Ashutosh Shastri and Hemant M. Prachchhak came down heavily on the authorities for their failure to curb the stray cattle menace. Starti...Read More