Carried out by the JMC Veterinary Services Wing under the direction of Joint Commissioner (Health & Sanitation) Abdul Sattar, the field inspections targeted key dairy clusters across Rehari, Sarwal, Subash Nagar, and Paloura. During the drive, municipal veterinary officials issued approximately 15 formal notices to unregistered dairy unit operators who were operating without valid sanitary clearances and discharging untreated animal waste directly into the municipal drainage network.

Enforcement teams stressed that the unscientific flushing of cattle dung, urine, and milking yard wastewater into open civil storm drains causes recurring blockages, localized methane generation, vector-borne disease vectors, and heavy organic contamination of regional water bodies and rivers. Dairy farmers were instructed to implement decentralized circular-economy solutions, such as installing small-scale anaerobic biogas digesters, vermicomposting beds, and solid manure separation pits, turning livestock waste into high-value organic fertilizers and renewable domestic thermal energy.

According to Dr. Divya Sharma, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon at JMC, 113 dairy units have secured formal municipal registration to date after meeting stringent biosecurity, hygiene, and scientific waste disposal criteria. Operators were instructed on the municipality’s streamlined online licensing portal. Farms providing adequate floor space per animal (meeting minimum welfare standards), unhindered ventilation, and functional dung treatment mechanisms are granted provisional permits, followed by regular operational licensing under Section 324 of the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000.