Public has also restricted themselves to silent spectators following the footsteps of RMC officials
Unofficial and illegal sacrificial stalls and tents have been constituted for goats, sheep and calves and sale and purchase is going on in various locations of Rawalpindi and the concerned Rawalpindi Cantonment authorities have restricted themselves to silent spectators after the auction of Cattle Market to the successful vendor after open auction.
The successful bidder is also bent upon earning double profit of his investment adding to the miseries of public and adding to the miseries of citizens.
General public has also come out on the roads to sale their cattle and livestock. No one is ready to serve the humanity and ready to sacrifice for others. They have resorted themselves to various mean tactics just to save the money. General public has become greedy to such an extent that just for the saving of cattle tax fee roads have filled on both sides of the roads with sacrificial animals resulting in addition of public problems besides casualties caused by the wild animals.
Cattle sellers are found moving along with their livestock in Commercial Market, Rehman Abad, Raja Bazar, Chur Chowk, Misrial and Dhoke Gujran creating several problems for citizens who are busy in Eid shopping’ along with their families.
Cattle which are brought from villages across Punjab, are not familiar with public and traffic often get frightened and run away from their owners after breaking their ropes injuring citizens who come on their way.
Cattle Mandi has been announced by city administration in Bhaata Chowk but due to the feel and other relevant charges cattle sellers prefer to sale their animals in busiest localities of area, a cattle seller with a request of anonymity told Citizens View.
Cattle fodder is very expensive, green fodder price is also very high. Khal, Choker and Bhusa prices are also very high and almost twenty-five to thirty thousand of Rupees have been spent to transfer animals from far flung villages to city and the fee is very high. Purchasers are not giving price of their choice, where should we go, he questioned.
Cattle prices are already very high and so we are forced to sale them away from cattle mandi. Cattle tax was imposed without taking us into consultation. Few years back nominal prices were charged but now tax is very high.
Despite strict official directives of Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi and trumpeting on social, print and electronic media nothing practical has been done to solve the issue.
Well placed RMC source was questioned about this issue, and it expressed resolve to make the sellers abide by the set SOP’s at every cost and expressed that all the unofficial tents and stalls will be removed without bearing any type of pressure to make the Cattle Mandi a successful event where all buyers will be provided with all civic facilities.
We have been listening to such tall claims for the last seventy-four years, since after Pakistan came into being, nothing [practical has been done to solve the public problems. Every official soon after getting hjs palms greased fails to perform his ethical and obligatory duties. Now the citizens have become used to all such situations and bow they have restricted themselves to silent spectators following the footsteps of Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation officials.
