Chandigarh Municipal Corporation uses same vehicle to transport meat and temple flowers [ Chandigarh, India ]

[ Reported as seen ]

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation was found using the same vehicle to transport meat and temple flowers. It transported flowers to various temples to its Maloya-based unit in the city. The temple unit reuses the flowers to make incense sticks and scented candles.

In an exclusive report by Amar Ujala, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation last month decided to reuse the flowers which are offered in the temples and other places of worship by the devotees. On August 25, Mayor Sarabjit stated that the offered flowers would be reused to make incense sticks and scented candles. The Corporation executed the initiative by training and employing several women of the self-help groups under the Rashtriya Shahari Ajivika Mission and Swacch Bharat Mission. Under the initiative, flowers from around 156 places including temples and other places of worship are collected and carried to Maloya-based units in Chandigarh.

It must be highlighted that  the corporation vehicle in which the flowers are transported is also used for transporting meat from the slaughterhouses to the city markets.

On September 8 when the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh posted a picture of a vehicle loading floral waste from a temple. Reports revealed that the same vehicle with the same number plate was used for ferrying the meat from the slaughterhouses. The report further published two distinct photographs showcasing the same light transport vehicle carrying slaughtered meat and floral residue.

On September 8, the corporation posted a tweet saying that the authorities had collected floral waste from a temple in Chandigarh and that the waste was being taken to a unit in Molaya where women would convert such waste into incense sticks.

Surprisingly, the authorities denied saying that t two different vehicles are used for ferrying and offered flowers and meat. “Somebody is fooling around. This case will be properly investigated”, it said.