2020年9月3日（木）
It also threatened to damage the social
But the civic body has been dragging its feet to take action under pressure from a particular community,” he added. Supreme Court has also upheld the closure of slaughter houses during Paryushan in Gujarat case.
It also threatened to damage the social fabric of Mumbai’s society and the city’s all-inclusive image. Such incidents are on rise in the city,” said MNS corporator Sandeep Deshpande.The beef ban has also affected the meat market adversely. Many civic bodies in Gujarat have implemented this.Dr Kaleem Pathan, general manager of Deonar abattoir, admitted there has been drastic reduction in the arrival of horned animals to the slaughter house due to the beef ban. On these days, slaughter of animals is not allowed in city abattoir and meat and poultry shops remain shut. I have demanded that the BMC should not issue intimation of disapproval (IOD), commencement certificate (CC) and water connection to such developers.The meat ban started in the neighbouring BJP-ruled Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC), which announced an eight-day ban on the sale of meat during the Jain fasting festival of Paryushan this year. The Maharashtra government’s shortlived decision to ban beef attracted strong condemnation from all quarters across the nation. The Supreme Court has also accepted the demand to issue ban on sale of meat during Paryushan. A resolution to this effect was also passed in the BMC general body meeting. While they have been occupied by Gujarati and Marwari people, many of whom follow Jainism and vegetarianism, there has been palpable discontent among other communities, particularly the Maharashtrians and Muslims, upon efforts to thrust their likes and dislikes on them. “We don’t want any ban based on food habits in Mumbai.
“There are reports of flats being refused to non-vegetarian people by some builders.The year saw two controversial bans — one of beef, and another, temporary one, of all kinds of meat.Senior BJP corporator Dilip Patel, who had moved the proposal to enforce an eight-day ban on sale of meat during Paryushan, said, “Mumbai has a sizeable Jain population and their sentiments should be respected.”However, his party was left totally isolated on the issue, as it faced flak from all quarters. Slaughter houses and meat shops will remain closed for 2 or 4 days during Paryushan festival. The civic body added two more days to the ban last year, making it a four-day affair. The ban roused outrage not only across the city, but also nationally with allegations being made of appeasing a particular community and discriminating against others on the basis of food habits, caste and religion.
This time they have reversed this decision keeping in view of 2017 BMC elections.Atulkumar Shah from Shri Vardhaman Parivar, an organisation that has been fighting for the beef ban, slammed the move. The count has now come down to around 200-250, which are all buffaloes,” he said.The issue brought to fore the growing divide between vegetarian and non-vegetarian people in the city.Facing a lot of heat in Mumbai which prides itself on its cosmopolitan nature, the issue quickly gained national prominence. “It was a custom of BMC since 1964 and it was reaffirmed in 2004 by the resolution of BMC.
Taking a cue from it, the BJP tried to replicate it in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), with disastrous results. It is the undoubtedly a political move to satisfy the meat eaters,” he said..However, there are strong reaction from the opposite side too. “Earlier, every day about 400 horned animals, about 80 per cent of them were cows and bullocks, were slaughtered in the abattoir. The sale of beef in the BMC-owned Deonar abattoir has been reduced by almost half, causing losses to the civic body. In fact, the resolution directing abattoirs to be shut for two days of Paryushan was passed way back in the civic house in 1964.However, it was not the first time the BMC had tried to impose the meat ban during Paryushan. It has lot to do with the city’s changing scenario, where the mill lands in Central Mumbai are making way for highrises and skyscrapers. In the BMC too, all other parties including its ally Shiv Sena, ganged up against the BJP and managed to bring down the meat ban to just two days.
It also threatened to damage the social fabric of Mumbai’s society and the city’s all-inclusive image. Such incidents are on rise in the city,” said MNS corporator Sandeep Deshpande.The beef ban has also affected the meat market adversely. Many civic bodies in Gujarat have implemented this.Dr Kaleem Pathan, general manager of Deonar abattoir, admitted there has been drastic reduction in the arrival of horned animals to the slaughter house due to the beef ban. On these days, slaughter of animals is not allowed in city abattoir and meat and poultry shops remain shut. I have demanded that the BMC should not issue intimation of disapproval (IOD), commencement certificate (CC) and water connection to such developers.The meat ban started in the neighbouring BJP-ruled Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC), which announced an eight-day ban on the sale of meat during the Jain fasting festival of Paryushan this year. The Maharashtra government’s shortlived decision to ban beef attracted strong condemnation from all quarters across the nation. The Supreme Court has also accepted the demand to issue ban on sale of meat during Paryushan. A resolution to this effect was also passed in the BMC general body meeting. While they have been occupied by Gujarati and Marwari people, many of whom follow Jainism and vegetarianism, there has been palpable discontent among other communities, particularly the Maharashtrians and Muslims, upon efforts to thrust their likes and dislikes on them. “We don’t want any ban based on food habits in Mumbai.
“There are reports of flats being refused to non-vegetarian people by some builders.The year saw two controversial bans — one of beef, and another, temporary one, of all kinds of meat.Senior BJP corporator Dilip Patel, who had moved the proposal to enforce an eight-day ban on sale of meat during Paryushan, said, “Mumbai has a sizeable Jain population and their sentiments should be respected.”However, his party was left totally isolated on the issue, as it faced flak from all quarters. Slaughter houses and meat shops will remain closed for 2 or 4 days during Paryushan festival. The civic body added two more days to the ban last year, making it a four-day affair. The ban roused outrage not only across the city, but also nationally with allegations being made of appeasing a particular community and discriminating against others on the basis of food habits, caste and religion.
This time they have reversed this decision keeping in view of 2017 BMC elections.Atulkumar Shah from Shri Vardhaman Parivar, an organisation that has been fighting for the beef ban, slammed the move. The count has now come down to around 200-250, which are all buffaloes,” he said.The issue brought to fore the growing divide between vegetarian and non-vegetarian people in the city.Facing a lot of heat in Mumbai which prides itself on its cosmopolitan nature, the issue quickly gained national prominence. “It was a custom of BMC since 1964 and it was reaffirmed in 2004 by the resolution of BMC.
Taking a cue from it, the BJP tried to replicate it in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), with disastrous results. It is the undoubtedly a political move to satisfy the meat eaters,” he said..However, there are strong reaction from the opposite side too. “Earlier, every day about 400 horned animals, about 80 per cent of them were cows and bullocks, were slaughtered in the abattoir. The sale of beef in the BMC-owned Deonar abattoir has been reduced by almost half, causing losses to the civic body. In fact, the resolution directing abattoirs to be shut for two days of Paryushan was passed way back in the civic house in 1964.However, it was not the first time the BMC had tried to impose the meat ban during Paryushan. It has lot to do with the city’s changing scenario, where the mill lands in Central Mumbai are making way for highrises and skyscrapers. In the BMC too, all other parties including its ally Shiv Sena, ganged up against the BJP and managed to bring down the meat ban to just two days.
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