Work on cattle pound moves at snail’s pace in Lambi segment

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, November 29

Despite stray animals claiming a number of lives on district roads, the construction of a cattle pound being made by the state government on 25 acres of land at Ratta Tibba village in Lambi Assembly segment is going at a snail’s pace.

Even the fencing of the land, which was decided to be completed by September at a cost of Rs 20 lakh, is still under way.

The work on the construction of a shed and developing a place for the grazing of animals is yet to be done. Besides, the cattle pound has to be divided into five blocks to house cows, bulls, injured animals, young cattle and milching animals.

Notably, this cattle pound will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 2 crore and will house nearly 2,000 animals. The Rural Development Department is the executing agency.

When contacted, Parveen Gandhi, Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, Muktsar, said, “The fencing work of the land is nearly 70 per cent complete. The funds had come after some delay but the work was started immediately.”

He said after the completion of fencing, more funds would be required and the pace of work would depend on that.