On Friday, the Haryana government notified the setting up of State Level Special Cow Protection Task Force Committee and Special Cow Protection Task Force (SCPF) for every district in the state. The state government said that the main objective of setting up the task force would be to enforce "The Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act-2015" effectively by collecting information regarding cattle smuggling and slaughtering from the public and further to take prompt action on such illegal activities after specific inputs received from the public.
"The other major role of the Cow Protection Task Force will be to rehabilitate stray cattle of the State in Gaushalas/Nandishalas/Gau Abhyaranyas. The cattle rescued from illegal transportation, smuggling, and slaughtering of cattle in the State by Special Cow Protection Task Force would be rehabilitated in the Gaushalas/ Nandishalas of the State," the notification said.
The 8-member district special cow protection force (SCPF) will comprise of Deputy Commissioner as chairman and Superintendent of Police, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation or Committee, Chief Executive officer Zila Parishad Development and Panchayat Department, District Attorney as members and Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry and Dairying as member secretary. Apart from this, three non-official members will be nominated by the chairman, Haryana Gau Seva Aayog, and two members from Gau Rakshak committees or renowned Gausevaks will be nominated by Deputy Commissioner for the district level task force.
This task force aims to prevent illegal transportation, smuggling, and slaughtering of cow progeny in the district and inform the concerned authority for action. Also, the concerned task force will take legal action after specific inputs are received from the informers about such illegal activities, said the notification. It will also rescue and provide rehabilitation of stray cattle, the notification added.
The tenure of both state-level and district task forces will be of three years. The headquarters of state-level task would be at Panchkula in the office of Haryana Gau Seva Aayog and it will meet once in two months, to review the progress and to make out the strategy for enforcing the provisions of Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act 2015 effectively in the state, the government's notification stated.
(With inputs from IANS)
