No takers for lifting stray animals

Nashik | Thursday | 31st January, 2019

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NASHIK: Nashik Municipal Corporation invited tender for lifting stray animals four times in the past one year but it has failed garner response.Citizens have been complaining of obstruction to traffic due to stray cattle in various parts of the city. Now there is only big shelter with capacity of 100 animals in Panchavati but NMC lacks manpower. Since then there is no mechanism to lift animals on roads.Pravin Joshi, a computer professional said, “I almost bumped into a group of cattle at Indira Nagar. NMC has animal shelter in four divisions but these are closed. Early in January, the civic administration decided to file first information report against owners who left their cattle loose.The last contract got over on March 31, 2018..