The Rajasthan state government has claimed that no cow has died in Hingonia Cow Rehabilitation centre due to carelessness here. Secretary of animal husbandry department Kunji Lal Meena said, “The government is making all efforts to make sure that proper arrangements are in place in the centre where some animals have died in the past few days. These cows were already sick.”
He added, “There are 8,000 bovine animals in the centre and a team of 14 veterinary experts and 24 assistants look after them. There was no carelessness involved in providing them food, fodder and water.”
Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot earlier said in his statement, “There have been reports of malpractices in Hingonia gaushala for long. Even the Rajasthan High Court had to pass an order to probe irregularities. Despite inquiries and criminal cases related to gaushala, the situation has only worsened in the past months.”
Meena informed that in the last few days a special campaign was commenced to confine stray animals, consequently, the inflow of animals to the centre has accordingly increased. “1,228 bovine animals were captured from July 15 to July 31 and most of them were suffering from malnutrition and were sick,” he said.
