<p>Around 500 cows have died in the Hingonia cattle rehabilitation due to an alleged delay in the deployment of funds by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.</p>.<p>The operation and maintenance of the Hingonia cattle rehabilitation is done by the Akshay Patra Foundation.</p>.<p>The foundation has accused the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) for delay in the payment of the bills since October.</p>.<p>An amount of Rs 11.8 crore is due. The fodder at the gaushala was exhausted five days ago and the foundation has warned there may be a mass death of bovines if necessary steps are not taken.</p>.<p>However, after the issue caught attention, the Jaipur mayor has suspended the gaushala in-charge Rajendra Chittoriya and doctor Kamlesh Meena on Thursday night.</p>.<p>The JMC also sanctioned Rs 2.87 crore for purchasing fodder.</p>.<p>Sprawled over 1,200 acres of land, the Hingonia centre is a home to 25,000 stray bovines which are housed in 25 sheds.</p>.<p>The foundation requires approximately 2,500 metric tonne of fodder per month, which is worth Rs 1 crore. At present, the JMC pays funds on a per-day basis. An adult bovine gets Rs 70 for fodder and maintenance while a calf gets Rs 35.</p>.<p>According to a staffer at the Akshay Patra Foundation, there's been a scarcity of fodder for the last two months.</p>.<p>The welfare of cows has been a sensitive subject for both the BJP and the Congress, as both parties had mentioned it in the manifestos for the Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Former mayor and BJP MLA Ashok Lahoty told DH: The BJP, in its tenure, transformed the Hingonia Gaushyalaya into a tourism centre. We served our cows as we call them mata. The deaths have happened due to negliegence and excess of cows instead of lack of fodder".</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the ruling Congress has shed its responsibility by claiming that cow shelter comes under JMC and the Akshay Patra Foundation.</p>.<p>"Congress government has nothing to do with it. Its the agency (foundation) that looks after the animals and its the JMC that releases the funds," Archana Sharma, Congress spokesperson, told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>.</p>
<p>Around 500 cows have died in the Hingonia cattle rehabilitation due to an alleged delay in the deployment of funds by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.</p>.<p>The operation and maintenance of the Hingonia cattle rehabilitation is done by the Akshay Patra Foundation.</p>.<p>The foundation has accused the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) for delay in the payment of the bills since October.</p>.<p>An amount of Rs 11.8 crore is due. The fodder at the gaushala was exhausted five days ago and the foundation has warned there may be a mass death of bovines if necessary steps are not taken.</p>.<p>However, after the issue caught attention, the Jaipur mayor has suspended the gaushala in-charge Rajendra Chittoriya and doctor Kamlesh Meena on Thursday night.</p>.<p>The JMC also sanctioned Rs 2.87 crore for purchasing fodder.</p>.<p>Sprawled over 1,200 acres of land, the Hingonia centre is a home to 25,000 stray bovines which are housed in 25 sheds.</p>.<p>The foundation requires approximately 2,500 metric tonne of fodder per month, which is worth Rs 1 crore. At present, the JMC pays funds on a per-day basis. An adult bovine gets Rs 70 for fodder and maintenance while a calf gets Rs 35.</p>.<p>According to a staffer at the Akshay Patra Foundation, there's been a scarcity of fodder for the last two months.</p>.<p>The welfare of cows has been a sensitive subject for both the BJP and the Congress, as both parties had mentioned it in the manifestos for the Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Former mayor and BJP MLA Ashok Lahoty told DH: The BJP, in its tenure, transformed the Hingonia Gaushyalaya into a tourism centre. We served our cows as we call them mata. The deaths have happened due to negliegence and excess of cows instead of lack of fodder".</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the ruling Congress has shed its responsibility by claiming that cow shelter comes under JMC and the Akshay Patra Foundation.</p>.<p>"Congress government has nothing to do with it. Its the agency (foundation) that looks after the animals and its the JMC that releases the funds," Archana Sharma, Congress spokesperson, told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>.</p>
