Waste Disposal Guidelines in Unorganized Slaughter Houses and Butcheries in Nagaland

Background Nagaland is basically a tribal state and poultry, piggery, cattle, etc are reared by the people for the domestic consumption. With the changing times, people have started to practice the sale of meat as a business enterprise in a small scale. There is one slaughter house in Dimapur equipped with modern facilities for butchering and disposal of waste scientifically including a sewage treatment plant. Besides this, butchering activities are unorganized and in a very small scale. Present Scenario The butcher purchases animals which are brought and butchered from his own land/compound where dressing is done and the clean animal body is transported to the market for sale. In Nagaland, hardly anything is wasted, except the dung, horn, teeth, hoofs and blood (in case of halal system). Therefore, the waste from slaughtering animals is comparatively less. However, proper care should be taken to maintain a clean environment. Suggestions for unorganized slaughtering of animals. The waste produced from slaughtering animals can be turned into manure by composting and can be sold/used for agriculture and horticulture purpose. For this technique, a pit can be dugged near the slaughtering and the dung from the cleaning of the innards and blood can be deposited in the pit and then covered with a layer of earth. This process can be continued till the pit is fully filled. Then a next composting pit can be dug and continued similarly. After some days composting is complete which can be dugged out and used as organic manure. This method if properly executed, will keep the environment around the slaughtering place clean, reduce flies, control odour and give additional income for the sale of manures. N.B:- Avoid Cruelty to Animals. Be Hygienic.

Issued by: Nagaland Pollution Control Board