PROBLEM OF PLENTY IN ‘GAUSHALAS’

Bursting at seams, the 430-odd gaushalas in Haryana are struggling to manage the hordes of stray, injured and uneconomic cattle, left at their doorsteps by the keepers or by the municipal bodies. Driven by the fear of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act passed in 2015, which provides rigorous imprisonment of three to 10 years for cow slaughter, the number of people coming with stray cattle to the gaushalas has increased manifold. ››