In January this year, Fernandez got a rude shock when his neighbour, who owned a plot next to his land said that someone was dumping debris on their sites. When Fernandez and other plot owners reached there, they found a few men who had come in a couple of SUVs, claiming that they were the owners of the property.
Not just beef-eaters, Karnataka’s anti-cattle slaughter bill will hit farmers, tanners and more
The anti-cow slaughter legislation is likely to have far-reaching adverse economic implications on dairy farmers who are already facing agrarian distress. Industries like leather and hotels are also going to take a huge hit. Updated: December 20, 2020 8:05:05 am
Shivajinagar beef market in central Bengaluru is one of the largest beef markets in the city. (Express Photo by Subiksha Ramakrishnan)
Earlier this month, the BJP government in Karnataka
passed the controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020. The bill, which replaces the less-stringent 1964 cow protection legislation that prohibited slaughter of cows in the state, bans the slaughter of cattle, whose definition it has expanded to include “cow, calf of a cow and bull, bullock and he or she buffalo”. The bill, when implemented, will mean a blank