Cattle speedbreakers The cattle nuisance on NH17 and other District roads and state High ways are posing danger to life and limb. If there are no owners of these animals, let loose in hordes , they need to be confiscated The cattlepounds and gaushala have not remedied this problem due to space and financial viability.The Govt cannot be expected to incur expenditure on animals on these orphaned animals Many a precious life has been lost and major damage suffered by vehicle owners It is the responsibility to the road tax payers and users to provide safety .Sometimes they serve useful purpose as speed breakers for the rash ,negligent speeding motorists Animal welfare rules of not sending to slaughter houses cannot take precedence over human welfare Rules need to be modified with stringent fines,imprisonment for the owners ,who let loose this menace Besides many a paddyfield cultivation is left fallow due to the invasion of cattle feasting on cultivated crops.Govt subsidy on fencing on a vast scale is not feasible option of choice as the component borne by tenants is not attractive proposition and the cumbersome procedure for necessary sanction
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim