Stray cattle crisis exposes gaps in policy, enforcement

Nearly 80,000 cattle roam freely as civic body struggles with enforcement, shelter capacity

- YATHARTH VOHRA

NEW DELHI: Born out of the alleged collusion between illegal dairies and corrupt civic authorities, stray cattle, estimated at around 80,000 by the MCD, roam freely across Delhi's streets. The persistent presence of these unmonitored bovines in the city's overcrowded public spaces has led to traffic jams, property damage, and human injuries or death. Although the MCD periodically deploys cattle-catching trucks, these measures have done little to ease the chaos on the ground. To understand both policy and practice, Millennium Post spoke to Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh and NK Jain, who runs the Pinjrapol Gaushala in Kishan Ganj.