After strong opposition from residents and traders, the Erode Corporation is planning to convert the modern cow slaughterhouse at Vairapalayam into a centre for implementing the animal birth control (ABC) programme.
The slaughterhouse, built on a 10,500-sq.ft site at a cost of ₹75 lakh during the previous AIADMK regime under the Infrastructure Gap Filling Fund 2016–17, has remained unused since completion. To prevent revenue loss, the civic body obtained a Consent to Operate from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and auctioned the facility this year.