Agartala, April 8 (TIWN): A Public Interest Litigation ( PIL) has been filed at High Court of Tripura alleging that the state government has failed in implementing rules for preventing atrocities on animals. The PIL ( WPC PIL -04 – 2015) was filed on February, last . It is mentioned that the rules have been violated across the state. The PIL came for hearing on Tuesday at the division bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Subashish Talapatra.

The petitioner Paramita Sen herself argued the  case. She complained that “ Prevention of Cruelties to Animals Act , 1960” is not in effect in the state, Transport of animals rules (1978), Slaughter rules (2001) are violated in the state.

 The counsel  said that during official holidays veterinary hospitals remains closed, medical care to animals are affected, besides there are no rescue homes  for street  animals. The state government has  no mechanisms for  cremating the  dead  animals, as a result  the  corpse are thrown at water bodies and in open areas polluting the water and environment. 

State government, forest  department and AMC during  hearing failed to give any reply and urged  for more time. The court gave them  six weeks time and next hearing  was fixed on 15 June next