HC orders to open goshalas in DK after 5 taluks declared as drought-hit

Mangaluru: After Bantwal, Beltangady, Puttur, Sullia and Mangaluru taluk of Dakshina Kannada district was declared as drought-hit taluks the Karnataka high court had ordered to open goshalas for cows in these taluks.

Five goshalas, one for each taluk, will be opened soon and the cows visiting these goshalas will be fed five kg of dry hay or 18 kg of green grass and one kg of cow feed, informed sources.

As per the sources, the details of the Goshalas are Goshale of Govanithashraya Trust, Beejaguri of Bantwal taluk, Goshale of Shri Mahaganapati Kshetra at Kokkada Sauthadka in Beltagady taluk, Shri Parashakti temple complex of Shri Parashakti Trust at Kotakar Madyar of Mangaluru taluk, Panemajalu Shri Panchalingeshwara temple of Savanoor in Puttur taluk and Panja Goshale in Sullia taluk.