Difficult to remove stray cattle from the streets of Agra

There are a few things that are interwoven into the fabrics of Indian society and, one of these is the menace of stray cattle roaming on the streets. Such sights are common in the city of Agra, famous for the Taj Mahal and, despite the Uttar Pradesh government ordering the local administration to alleviate such nuisance, nothing appears to have been done.
Based on a directive from UP chief secretary earlier this year, the Agra administration had held a meeting with cattle owners and warned them of punitive measures, if found guilty. The administration had given themselves time till June 10- unfortunately, the deadline has passed and no palpable changes are visible.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 25 June 2016.

Cattle are taken for bathing in the Yamuna or they stroll at Fatehabad Road, Shilpgram, Mall Road, M G Road or places near Taj Mahal. The fact is that the local administration has failed to control the civic problem. The newly-appointed additional district magistrate has assured that the administration is working to make Agra free of strays.
As a part of this drive, all stray cattle in the city will be identified and marked. Once tat is done, they will be relocated outside the city. For that, an area is being located where such cattle will be transported. There is no time scale indicated but people are working "tirelessly" to get rid of the problem.
Regarding bathing of buffaloes and other cattle in the Yamuna, administration officers had promised to barricade the river, but that has yet to happen.


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