Relocation: Plot allocated in I-9 for slaughterhouse

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allocated an alternative plot to set up a slaughterhouse in Sector I-9. The 10-acre land had been allocated for the slaughterhouse at Sector I-9/4 while five acres more will be available for animals grazing point. He said the slaughterhouse building will cover four kanals. The plot at Sector I-9/4 at the junction of IJ Principal Road and 9th Avenue is the fifth relocation of the site for the proposed facility after butchers’ association rejected the previous site at Sector I-8/3 for the purpose. Initially, land was allocated at Sector G-10 but later the authority decided to auction the plot reserved for the slaughterhouse and it was decided to move the proposed site to sector H-9/3. It was again opposed by the butchers and Islamabad Capital Territory Chamber of Small Traders. For financial year 2014-15, the CDA has allocated Rs100 million for the construction of a slaughterhouse in capital.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2014.