Kathmandu, Oct. 3 -- Kathmandu Metropolitan City is not examining the health of poultry and livestock brought for this year's Dashain since it did not allocate budget for it.

Officials said that the city office forgot to allocate a fund to inspect butcher shops, abattoirs and test animals for diseases while preparing the budget for this fiscal year.

"We used to depute health workers and veterinarians on all entry points of Kathmandu Valley in the past to check the health of animals brought in the Capital for meat," Narendra Bajracharya, chief of Health Department of the metropolis, told the Post. "Unfortunately, this year we forget to allocate the budget for it."

In the past, health workers and veterinarians used colour codes to verify...