The MCD has decided to lease the newly built rendering plant at the modern Ghazipur abattoir here to a private agency for five years.
The MCD has decided to lease the newly built rendering plant at the modern Ghazipur abattoir here to a private agency for five years and invited bidders to take part in an open auction later this month.
The highest bidder will be given the rights of operation and maintenance of the plant for a five-year period. The agency will pay a monthly lease rent to the civic body, a senior MCD official said.
The state-of-the-art slaughter house in Ghazipur has a modern rendering plant -- a processing unit to convert waste animal tissue into value-added materials like poultry meal.
"The move will help MCD earn revenue and do away with the problem of carcasses of animals found lying here and there in the city, which can cause health hazards. This will help prevent spread of diseases," MCD Director (Veterinary Services) RBS Tyagi said.
"The waste animal tissue will be processed at the plant in a scientific way to generate byproducts, from which the private firm will make its profits," he said.
He said the meat traders, who were earlier opposed to shifting to the new abattoir at Ghazipur, are now cooperating with the civic agency and slaughtering activities there is normal.
Following a Supreme Court order, MCD had closed the 200-year-old Idgah abattoir here and shifted all operations to Ghazipur. The traders refused to move to the new centre, contending that it lacks facilities and is unhygienic. They also moved the apex court in the matter.
However, after assurances from the authorities to provide more facilities and in the absence of a favourable ruling from the court, they withdrew their agitation.
Tyagi said the MCD does not expect any opposition from the traders to the leasing of the rendering unit to a private firm. The MCD has also given the operation and maintenance of the slaughter house to a private agency, to which a section of the traders had earlier raised objection.
The auction will be held at the Additional Commissioner (Veterinary) office on November 30. If the highest bidder for any reason is unable to take up the work, the second highest bidder will get a chance. There is also a provision to increase the lease rent by 10 per cent annually.
Rendering is a process that converts waste animal tissue into value-added materials. A rendering process generally yields a fat commodity like yellow grease or tallow (used for animal feed or making soap) or meat and bone meal for poultry birds.
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