Flash inspections across the city led to the closure of five fish and meat stalls for operating under unhygienic conditions. Eight traders from Nayarambalam, Valappu, and Puthu Vypeen were arrested on Friday.
The inspections were targeted at illegally operated abattoirs and fish outlets. The operators of thestalls that were shut down were caught dumping waste from the slaughterhouse into a canal nearby.
Additional District Magistrate B. Ramachandran led the inspections assisted by officials of the pollution control board, health, police, revenue, animal husbandry and panchayat departments. Inspections were held to check the outbreak of epidemics in the wake of a Supreme Court order to that effect. District Collector M.G. Rajamanickam said that inspections will continue in the coming days.
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