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This had led to an increase in the stray cattle population in the city. Despite that, the number of stray cattle continues to rise due to inflow from villages.The situation is expected to worsen as the administration at the state-owned Hingonia cow shelter has written to the JMC not to send any more stray cattle as there is acute space crunch. The animal management wing officials are also jittery to continue with the drive after being attacked and manhandled by cattle owners and the public.“It is becoming difficult to deal with the crowd in the absence of police protection. We have requested the JMC commissioner to deploy a unit of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) during the drive,” a JMC official source said.“On March 19, in Gurjar Colony near Jaipuria Hospital, when our team seized around 16 cattle, the workers and officials were held hostage. JAIPUR: At a time when the Local Self Government (LSG) is planning to launch an app to curb the stray cattle menace, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) staff is struggling to catch cattle abandoned on the city roads in the absence of manpower and police protection.In the past three months, eight cases were registered against cattle owners but no action has been taken against them so far..