Unauthorised collection of hides banned, DPO says

District administration will issue NOCs for hides’ collection to charity organisations

MULTAN:

No one will be allowed to collect hides of sacrificial animals on Eidul Azha without permission of the district government, Dera Ghazi Khan DPO Ghulam Mubashir Maikan said on Wednesday.

Talking to newsmen, he said cases would be registered under anti-terrorism laws against banned organisations that collected hides.

“If a welfare organisation wants to collect hides, an application in this regard should be submitted to the DCO’s office. They will be issued no objection certificates,” he said.

“Under the National Action Plan, unauthorised collection of hides has been banned. Action will be taken against banned organisations collecting hides under different names,” he said.

He said that special intelligence teams had been constituted to monitor the collection of hides on Eid.

Congo virus

Livestock district officer Dr Muhammad Munir said on Wednesday that sacrificial animals brought from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan would be vaccinated against Congo virus before their entry into Dera Ghazi Khan.

“According to government directives, all sacrificial animals being brought from outside will be vaccinated to prevent spread of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever,” he said.

“Inspection teams have been formed to check sacrificial animals for the disease and vaccinate them,” he said.

Munir said that dispensaries and medical camps had been established at various places in the city where spray and vaccination would be administered. “Screening centres have been set up at Bawata and Taranmun for this purpose,” he said.

He said that no case of Congo virus had been detected so far. “We have made the arrangements for dealing with any possible breakout of the disease,” he said. He said Livestock Department teams would be deputed at all the sale points of sacrificial animals in the city. “Each team comprises a veterinary officer, a veterinary assistant and a cattle attendant. They will administer vaccination and provide treatment to sacrificial animals,” he said. He said that the department had also started a public awareness campaign to highlight the precautions needed for checking the spread of the disease.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th, 2015.