ludhiana continuing its drive against illegal slaughtering municipal corporation mc on wednesday conducted inspections in areas falling under zones a b and d of the mc and issued challans to 18 shopkeepers slaughtering meat in opencracking a whip on the defaulters the civic body teams also destroyed around 180kg meat which was reportedly being sold in unhygienic conditions by the shopkeepers a minimum challan of rs 1000 each was also issued against the shopkeepers the inspections were conducted in shivpuri area chandigarh road 33 feet road chander nagar and adjoining areascorporation sanitation officer cso ashwani sahota said regular drives were being organised in the city to stop illegal slaughtering of meatearlier on monday as well the mc had also challaned 22 such shopkeepers involved in illegal slaughtering and had destroyed around 50kg meat in different parts of the city the mc plans on continuing such drives in the coming days tooless customers at mcs modern slaughterhousesahota said the shopkeepers involved in illegal slaughtering had been selling unhygienic meat to the residents time and again the shopkeepers are being directed by the mc to get the meat slaughtered at mcs modern slaughterhouse established in haibowal dairy complex there the meat is properly checked by veterinary doctors and certified using modern facility hence ensuring only healthy meat is consumed by the residents