ISLAMABAD: Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa, along with Commissioner Rawalpindi Engineer Aamir Khattak, jointly presided over a meeting of the Meat Board at the CDA Headquarters on Thursday. The meeting was attended by CDA Board Member Admin and Estate Talat Mehmood, Member Engineering Syed Nafasat Raza, Member Finance Tahir Naeem, Member Planning and Design Dr. Khalid Hafiz, members of the Meat Board and other senior officials. A briefing was given during the meeting regarding the establishment of a modern and state of the art slaughterhouse in Islamabad. Chairman CDA Muhammad Ali Randhawa welcomed the Meat Board members to the CDA Headquarters and described the slaughterhouse project as a important need for the twin cities.
During the briefing, it was informed that the initial study process for the slaughterhouse has been completed. The meeting was told that the operational and financial models for the Islamabad Slaughterhouse project have been prepared.
It was informed in the meeting that this project will fulfill over 60% of the meat requirements in the twin cities. The meeting was informed that the master plan for the slaughterhouse will include a slaughter hall, service building, warehouse, lairage, quarantine ward, water treatment plant and other facilities. Furthermore, the slaughterhouse will adopt the latest animal slaughtering processes, complete with all chilling and cold storage facilities.
Commissioner Rawalpindi Engineer Aamir Khattak said that all relevant stakeholders from the twin cities should be included in the slaughterhouse project. He emphasized that a special monitoring mechanism should be devised for the implementation of the slaughterhouse project.
Chairman CDA said that the objective of the slaughterhouse project is to ensure the supply of high-quality, standard, and hygienic meat in accordance with health principles in the twin cities. He further added that this project will also support the export of meat abroad, in addition to supplying high-quality meat to the twin cities.