Each panchayat will get shelter for stray male bovines, says CM Caught in traffic jam during Raje’s visit, patients suffer
NANDI SHALAS Cow shelters to be set up in state at ₹50 cr BHARATPUR:
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday said the government will open ‘Nandi Shalas’ at each panchayat headquarters in Rajasthan to keep stray male bovines.
Raje was speaking at a religious programme organised at Jadkhor cow-shelter in Deeg sub-division of Bharatpur district. There are nearly 7,000 cows at the Jadkhor shelter, which is the biggest in Mewat region.
State tourism minister Krishnendra Kaur Deepa and local MP Bahadur Koli were among those who greeted Raje.
Raje appealed to people not to use polythene, as cows were dying after eating the used polythene with garbage. She said, “No one should do politics over cows. We all need to take steps to save cows.”
The CM said the government will spend ₹50 crore on setting up cow shelters in the state and provide facilities in them.
She said Nandi Shalas would prevent stray male bovines from
BHARATPUR: We have two children and my wife is expecting our third baby. Doctors referred her to district (women’s) government hospital due to anaemia but we were delayed due to the traffic jam
NEERAJ GOSWAMI, A commuter
roaming on the roads. Stray cattle are not only a traffic hazard, but also sometimes attack people. A foreign tourist was gored by a bull in Jaipur a few months back and lost his life.
Raje said the government will construct 30 panoramas in the state to conserve the history, culture, valour of Rajasthan so that children can learn about their culture. “The state government will spend ₹100 crore to build the panoramas,” she said.
The CM urged people to come forward and set up bio-gas plants to save environment. She said the government was aid of ₹40 lakh to set up bio gas plants.
Raje said the BJP government has spent ₹6,600 crore in Bharatpur district and ₹633 crore for Nagar assembly seat alone in the last four years, while the Congress government had spent only ₹1,300 crore in five years.
State Congress senior vice president Vishvendra Singh said, “If Raje spent ₹6,600 crore here (in Bharatpur) then where is the development in the district? People want clarification over the money spent in the district.”
Many people faced hard time during chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s visit to Jadkhor in Deeg subdivision of Bharatpur district on Saturday after they were stuck in traffic jam caused due to police barricading for the CM’s visit.
One of the VIP movement’s victims was a 25-year-old pregnant woman Punam Devi, a resident of ward number 24 in Kaman, was referred by the local community health centre to the women’s hospital in Bharatpur due to anaemia.
When the kin were carrying her to the hospital in a hired vehicle, they were stuck in the traffic jam on the road to Bharatpur from Kaman. After some locals requested the police to let her vehicle pass, the police opened the barricades, said Devendra Sharma, an eyewitness, who was among the pleaders. There were two more ambulances caught in the jam which were allowed to go, he added.
Neeraj Goswami, Devi’s husband, said, “We have two kids. My wife is expecting our third baby. Doctors referred her to district (women’s) government hospital due to anaemia.” They were delayed due to the traffic jam, he added.
Devi is recovering at the women’s hospital, where her condition is stated to be stable.
Earlier, the CM’s helicopter landed at Seu village in Deeg subdivision, from there Raje moved to Jadkhor by road. The police had set up barricades on the way from Kaman to Bharatpur for security reasons.