HEAT ON SLAUGHTER HOUSES, COW SMUGGLING

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday went into crackdown mode after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought an action plan for closure of slaughter houses and a “blanket ban” on cow smuggling, as illegal abattoirs and meat shops across the state faced the heat. “The priority of the state government is to close the illegal slaughter houses in the state, and at the same time put a blanket ban on all the mechanised slaughter houses,” said Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar.