NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 25, 2003: Next January Delhi roads will see a major change as MCD Commissioner Rakesh Mehta is all geared up to rid the roads of the estimated 36,000 stray cattle. Says Mehta, “As per a Supreme Court order, we have to make Delhi cattle-free by January 1, 2004. We are pressing 24 trucks into service to get the cattle transported outside the city. Working with a colony-wise approach, we have assigned two trucks with humane cattle-lifts to each colony.” After the cattle are picked up, they would be sent to goshalas outside the city.” Animal rights activist Gita Sushmani says, “Even if they are serious about it, how can they get rid of 36,000 cows? How will they find so many goshalas?”
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