Illegal slaughtering!No officials to keep tab in Burhama, Naim

Butchers defied the authorities and slaughtered livestock in Burhama in Manama yesterday.Worse, none of the inspectors from the Ministry of Health, who were supposed to monitor the slaughtering in various areas, were present, the councillor from Naim, Burhama and Salhiya, Sadiq Rahma, said. In Naim, illegal slaughtering continued in unhygienic areas.“The municipality has issued instruction that butchers will only be allowed to sell the livestock outside the village.“Butchers have already been taken to court by the municipality and municipal inspectors cannot stop them. The police should intervene and ensure that the butchers move to the official Sitra abattoir. Neither inspectors from the ministry nor Public Security were seen in the area.”General engineer of Manama Municipality services and head of inspection and follow-up, Fadi Shaikh, refused to comment on Burhama and Naim but said they would handle the issue in coordination with the municipal council.Rahma said they would prepare a report on the illegal activities of the butchers and present it to the Manama Municipality General Director Abdulkarim Hassan. “Twenty-two butchers in Burhama used to work in the Central Market. They had been removed to pave the way for the meat and fish market and the Ramis store. The butchers worked on roadsides for some time and then shifted to Burhama behind the Bapco Garden.” In the Muharraq Governorate, butchers continued business as usual in their farms. A butcher, Ahmed Ali Al Qassab, said many butchers formed groups and slaughtered animals in about 20 farms. “No municipal inspector or health official visited our farms today.”