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Maha: NGO moves HC seeking action on meat shop within 10 km of airport

Mumbai, June 23 (UNI) Akhil Bharat Krishi Go Seva Sangh, an animal rights group founded by
Mahatma Gandhi, has filed a petition at the Bombay High Court seeking a court's nod to enforce aviation rules that prohibit illegal slaughter-houses, meat, poultry, and fish shops and non-vegetarian municipal markets operating within a radius of 10 kms from the city’s airports.
In its petition, Sangh contended that air safety experts have identified bird hits as one of the factors leading to aircraft accidents. The illegal markets around the city’s airport could aggravate the issue, and despite approaching the authorities to take action on it, no action was taken.
The petition also asked the court to direct the formation of a committee to monitor the illegal facilities and report the findings to the court.
The petitioners said on Monday that it was shocking that despite full knowledge of laws prohibiting such facilities within a 10-km radius of airports, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issued hundreds of permits for the slaughtering of goats at prohibited locations on the eve of Bakrid in 2024 and 2025.
This egregious disregard for established safety regulations is inexcusable and puts countless lives at risk. It is shocking that few locations are as close as 2.5 kilometres from the city’s airports, the petition said.
The petitioners said that on June 15, following a complaint from animal rights activists, police raided a slaughter-house at Jogeshwari East, which had been issued a licence to sell meat. The First Information Report filed against the slaughter-house said that the owners violated Section 10 of The Aircraft Act, 1934 and other laws and rules that prohibit illegal slaughter-houses at a distance of 10 kilometres from the airport.
The Jogeshwari slaughter-house is located just six kilometres from Terminal 1 and 7.5 kilometres from Terminal 2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, violating The Aircraft Rules, 1937 and The Aircraft Act, 1934. Police rescued 16 goats from the slaughterhouse.
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