Sale of sacrificial animals banned in RY Khan

Temporary cattle markets have been set up in various tehsils instead

BAHAWALPUR: Additional District Collector Jameel Ahmad Jameel said on Tuesday that the Rahim Yar Khan DCO had declared a ban on sale and purchase of sacrificial animals in the city. The DCO has issued instructions regarding strict implementation of this ban, he said.

Jameel was giving a briefing about precautionary measures regarding Congo virus in a video-link meeting with Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq and the additional chief secretary.

Jameel said that the district administration’s anti-Congo virus campaign also included raising awareness about precautionary measures among people. He said temporary cattle markets had been set up in tehsils by the district administration.

All vehicles carrying cattle and animals along the Sindh-Balochistan border, were stopped at various checkpoints and the animwals inside were being sprayed with insecticide, he said.

Teams of Livestock Department officials and policemen have been stationed at these posts, he said. “They have been tasked with overseeing precautionary measures.”

He said that Shaikh Zayed Hospital and all tehsil headquarters hospitals have set up quarantined wards for dengue fever and Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever patients and have trained staff on duty.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 31^st, 2016.