Chhattisgarh: 22 cows die in shelter home; govt orders probe


Raipur, Aug 14 (PTI) : In yet another incident of neglect in cow shelters, at least 22 cows died of "starvation and lack proper care" at a facility getting state aid in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, prompting the BJP government to order a probe and weekly inspection of all shelters in the state.

Former state Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, who recently floated a new party Chhattisgarh Janata Congress, alleged that over 200 cows died in the government-aided shelter home in past three-four months and that the matter was being covered-up. He also sought a high-level probe.

The incident comes close on the heels of a similar case coming to light in BJP-ruled Rajasthan, where it was alleged that 100 cows had died in state-run Hingonia cow shelter due to "mismanagement and lack of facilities".

Chhattisgarh's Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal ordered an inquiry into the death of livestock at 'Kamdhenu Gau Sewa' centre at Karramad village in Durgkondal development block of Kanker, an official said here today.

The directive in this regard was issued last evening following which the probe team today visited the cow shelter home, he said. Agrawal has also asked animal husbandry department officials to conduct inspection of all cow shelter homes across the state every seventh day and ensure proper sanitation and hygiene there.

While Jogi's party claimed that over 200 cows died at the shelter home in last three-four months, Kanker district Collector said 22 cows died there since August 1. "I have received information about death of 22 cows as of today morning since August 1 at Kamdhenu Gau Sewa shelter home," Collector Shammi Abidi told PTI.

Taking a serious note of the incident, Agrawal spoke to veterinary services director, Kanker collector, secretary and registrar of state Gau Sewa Ayog, besides other officials, and decided to send an investigation team to take stock of the situation at the shelter home, the official said, adding that the minister has asked for a probe report at the earliest.

Agrawal has also said that stern action will be taken against those found guilty for the death of animals after the inquiry, he mentioned. According to Abidi, the inspection team was at the shelter home for investigation while four-five veterinary teams have also been pressed into service to take care of the other ailing cows there.

The exact cause of the deaths was yet to be ascertained as the blood samples of the carcasses have been sent to labs and reports are awaited, she further said. However, prima facie it appears that the cows died of starvation and lack proper care as they were not fed properly, she said.

The shelter home was overcrowded as it has a capacity of around 80 animals against which nearly 300 animals were kept there, she said. Meanwhile, the collector also slapped a notice on the shelter home's owner seeking his response as to why he should be funded by government as he failed to feed the animals properly.

Agarwal also directed veterinary officials to provide proper medication to the livestock at regular intervals. Ajit Jogi, while talking to reporters here last evening, alleged that, "Our team recently visited the shelter home and found that around 203 cows have died in past three months there. The owners buried the carcasses in haste at the premises itself to cover up the matter."

He also alleged that the state government aid to the shelter home was being siphoned-off instead of being used for fodder or to treat the cattle.

  

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  • Lokesh, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    @Sri, Mahendra, Shankar, Ramesh and other my close friends, WE lost 22 Mothers today and we have to fight for CBI inquiry. This is unacceptable in our country where Mother's are worshiped and left for roaming freely on highways.

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  • John, Udupi

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Which is better and dignified end to cows!?. Starvation, neglect and slow, painful death or a quick death at butchers hands!?. Left to the gau rakshaks and bakhts decision!. Shame is that the money released by government for cows is spent for the purpose!. Still baffling is that the cow deaths are happening in BJP ruled states!. Shows how much love they have for cows!. No wonder Modiji correctly identified gau rakshaks are gau rakshashas!

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  • Hussain, Abudhabi

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    GO MATHA .....The Mystery continues !!!!

    Happy Independence day to all :)

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    What if Chattisgarh was a non-bjp ruling state in this situation...?

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  • Vincent Rodrigues., Frazer Town,Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    GOU RAKSHAK TO FORMULATE SCHEME TO KEEP THE CATTLE ALIVE BY PROVIDING ITS NEEDS INSTEAD OF MAKING UNWANTED DISPUTES ON BEEF.

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  • sri, Karkala

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    @hariprasad, concerned1 and lidiya-
    exact reason will be known after post-mortem. Do not believe media reports. Reports twisted by congress for gaining sympathy votes. Cows may die due to age, diseases . So do not jump to conclusions.

    These goshala have limited space. The proposed cow parks have free grazing ground for cows. They have freedom unlike goshalas. Required very less maintenance cost.

    Cows personally like roaming freely rather than tied with ropes.

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    @Sri - did cow tell you that they love roaming...? :D kidding

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  • geoffrey , hat hill

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Paap! Ghor paap!!now be prepared for a qayamat!!!

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  • Santan Mascarenhas, Kinnigoli/Mumbai

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Some BJP members and some other organisations said that they are prepared to die to save cow. Can we believe their words ? The subject of cow is only for taking advantage for political mileage and nothing else, it seems. They are not serious of what they profess.

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  • Albert Denis Alvares, Bondel,Mangalore/Toronto, Canada

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    No one cares if humans die of starvation.
    Cows dying due to starvation is a big issue.

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  • shan, dubai

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    You are correct.... In India if Cow dies because of starvation people make a issue because.... parents were sent to old age homes and some ladies will survive with prostitution but some people are bothered only if their community lady goes out with other religion people than they will make big issue. If their parents are in old age house but if any one does harm to cow than it is a big issue. So people are asking only gau rakshak people to protect the cow.

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  • Praveen , Kulshekar

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Oh! Then it's fake gau matha

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  • Rita, Germany

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Now we know why cows are so much loved and are collecting them with sooooooooooooo much care to save them.money is sure Comes from state aid.Now sitting on source ,let the cows be cows.who doesn't want money? cows wont be going to Police to complain if not fed.very sad,in the Name of cows make Money and let cows die.

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  • moshu, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    The true colors of a section of liars exposed who pretend cow as their gowmata and india as their bharat mata. Their motive is very clear.

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  • KUMAR, Kaikmba

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Until the current Government makes full fledged shelter for the cows, all of us across India should permit cows to stay in our own cow shelter and convert our homes into make shift cow accommodation...

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  • Ahmed K.C., Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Same situation everywhere. In Gujrat cows are dying and stinking on roads. In Rajasthan in cow shelter cows are dying and stinking because of no food.
    Imagine the situation if they ban beef totally including exports? Holy cow!

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  • Mohidin, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Dear Mr Kalladka, Mr Pumpwell, Mr Surathkal, could you please spare few days to visit the above site where cow matha's are daying due to gou rakshakas super governance, if you guys consider them as Matha than for sure you have curses from matha's for taking care of them in this way.

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  • ibrahim, Mangaluru

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Daal vegetables rates are getting higher, cow untouchable, poor Dalith and other poor minority or poor majority can afford?

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  • Concerned1, bengaluru

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    sri, Karkala

    This should open your eyes how gau mathas are looked after all over.
    These are very small figures what they are giving which are ten times greater than that.
    Money given for gau mathas food\health care is eaten up by gau caretakers starving gau mathas to death.
    Whatever you may say, there are no such dedicated gau rakshaks...!!!
    For all that matters they may be selling some of the cows to the slaughter houses themselves.

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  • Mohammed, Kundapur/Qatar

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Money Collected in the Name Of COW MATHA as Charity, might be Used for COW RAKSHAS Evening Supper...

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Chaahe bhooka marnedho...

    NA KHAAVOONGA.
    NA KHAANEDHOONGA.
    YELLE YENNA TIRGUNA PROGRAM YENCHINA PANLE

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  • Langoolacharya, Belman/Wash DC

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Kadrimai,

    This moron Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal should be locked up in same 'Go Shala' and should be made to clean 'Cow Dung'....for a week... for failing to take care of 'Gow Matha'....

    ...JH...

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Paap Ghor paap. Be prepared for a Qayamat!

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  • pramod suvarna, derebail mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    very sad situation.
    Gau rakshana is only a means of making money for the BJP.
    neither they take care of cows nor humans. only filling own pockets and creating disharmony in the society.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    The largest cattle population of the world is in India 301600000.
    (31.05%).

    India has the 2nd largest cow population in the world.
    189,000, 000. The BJP Government's greatest achievement is the elevation of cows as holy mother's of India.

    But the challenge upon the BJP Government will be two fold, the massive deaths of the holy mothers through starvation. Now the whole world is looking to India not as the largest democratic country, but as a cow worshipping cow land.

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  • Rajesh D., Manglore, Dubai

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Now Gou Rakshaks became Raakhas in real life. This what happens when you surrender your mother in the hands of murderers.

    Guys who were supporting them, please wake up.

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  • PINTO, Qatar

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    These people who make the cow to starve and die a slow death are more cruel than those who slaughter it for food without having the intention to torture it. It is now clear that BJP and its associates don't consider cow as holy but use it as a tool to bash dalits and minorities.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    The well known veteran movie actor
    Madhu from Kerala who is a Hindu said the same thing.

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  • jossey Saldanha, Nashville

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Love for Cows is all ...

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  • Jerry, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Cow vigilantes, see your Mata is dying. Whom do you blame now?????

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  • Praveen , Kulshekar

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Cow held with minorities are only holy maathas rest are avu pettha ye

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  • Hariprasad Hegde, Mangalore/Moodbidri

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Sri Karkala here is a Cow protecting government run shelter's Negligence news... Negligent in cow shelters, 22 or more cows died of "starvation and lack of proper care" at a facility getting state aid in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district...

    Now here is a question if government gives you a national park for cow will you take care of the cows???? it is a million dollars question.

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  • shan, dubai

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Our Karnataka Gau Rakshak are better than Chhattisgarh people. Better send our Karnataka Gau Rakshak sena people to Chhattisgarh.

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  • Godwin, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    The moment the present central government took charge,our Brothers jumped in to action in the act that they never had a chance before.Now see who suffers because of their Coward act..what are they doing....this is very very bad.God help them.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Sun, Aug 14 2016

    Oh ! Sri, Ramesh, Pam, Jeevan :

    You all have some fodder today after this morning's debate on the subject.

    Especially Sri, ponder before you hand over your bull to a shelter !

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  • sri, Karkala

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    @Lidiya- death could be because of diseases.

    During monsoon healthy cows gets diseases like cold and fever. If antibiotics not given timely they will die.

    Let me tell you how 1857 Indians revolt against British started.

    It was due to beef fat applied to cartridges wrapped in papers and indian soldiers against it.

    So it was sentimental issue then and now and tomorrow.

    Beef eaters have tough time in India forever.

    Happy independence day...

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  • Clifford Fernandes, Toronto

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    When you don't have the answer, beating around the bush seems to be the order.

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  • Alfria, Mumbai

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    Sri. Who told you this story.???

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  • sri, Karkala

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    @alfria-
    Source - wiki
    There are more interesting things about our Mangalore like Mangalore treaty of 1784
    I was very fond of reading Indian history especially how our brothers totally lost independence. There were some insiders help to British.
    Now some our Indians brothers are so happy once they receive UK or Portuguese citizens. But our locals story is so different.

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  • John, Udupi

    Mon, Aug 15 2016

    sri, article very clearly mentions death due to starvation, neglect, siphoning of money sanctioned for the purpose and overcrowding!. This too at the hands of gau rakshaks and cow friendly BJP government ruled states!. You have to do your charity work towards cow protection genuinely and not beat your drums!

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