SHILLONG: The state government is set to ink an agreement with the Butchers Association to operationalise the abattoir at Mawlai Mawroh on the outskirts of the city.
B. Rijal, Director of the Animal Husbandry & Veterinary department, informed that the draft agreement has been sent to the government for approval.
According to the draft agreement, the abattoir would be handed over to the Butchers Association on lease for a period of ten years. However, the property will continue to belong to the state government.
According to Rijal, the Butchers Association would have to deposit a security of Rs 30 lakh with the state government. The state government will get a benefit of 20 per cent of the total profit from the abattoir.
The trial run of the project is already under way, and if everything goes well, the abattoir may be handed over to the Butchers Association by next month.
Earlier, the department was contemplating privatisation of the project but later decided to abort the plan.
The abattoir was built at a cost of Rs 22 crore by Rapsang Group of Companies here in collaboration with Real Growth Company, Chennai. The plan is to slaughter 240 cows, 160 each pigs and goats daily.
The facility will end open slaughter of animals and ensure safe and hygienic meat. There will be effluent treatment plants for pollution control. The government is planning similar abattoirs in Tura and Jowai also.
