nagpur pig rearing continues to flourish despite their being a ban by nagpur municipal corporation obviously due to inaction by the civic officials and local body representatives currently pig rearing centres could be spotted right from posh localities of civil lines or dhantoli to slum areas of satranjipura the residents from these localities complained that they faced health and sanitation issues but their complaints to the civic authorities always seemed to fall on deaf ears a recent nmc survey exposed how illegal pig rearing is flourishing even within city limits the survey carried out by each of the nmcs zones revealed that the city had more than 50 illegal pig rearing businesses pig rearing was banned in the city to curb insanitary conditions the survey was carried out after toi published a news on pig menace increasing manifold in many areas of the city taking cognizance of toi report mayor pravin datke issued directives to the civic administration to carry out a survey and initiate action to end the menace nmc conducted the survey recently and found that satranjipura zone alone has 17 illegal pig rearing places thus endangering health of citizens in this old and congested area even tony localities of dharampeth and dhantoli have become a haven for pig rearing business during survey the officers detected seven centres in dharampeth and dhantoli zones each mangalwari zone is no different here too seven illegal rearing businesses were found in many localities like in gittikhadan friends colony etc to curb this the nmc is all set to hire a private firm to enumerate pigs in the city in an attempt to get rid of the animals being reared illegally nmcs veterinary officer dr gajendra mahalle said the civic body had already floated tenders to catch stray pigs a new team will be roped in soon to capture the pigs pigs are reared in some places the ban would be again enforced strictly the menace would be eradicated dr mahalle said adding the nmcs plan was to eliminate pigs from the city and take them to other places preferably forest areas pig menace is a persisting issue on a par with stray dog and cattle menace it creates a nightmarish situation for the residents especially children of many localities pointed out former corporator from north nagpur manoj sangole