All transporters or consigners of livestock have been asked to follow the code of practice laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with regards to transportation of livestock.
As per the order issued by the East Jaiñtia Hills District Magistrate, the motor vehicle for carrying animals shall have permanent partitions in the body of the vehicle so that the animals are carried individually in each partition where size of the partition shall not be less than the following.
Vehicles carrying cows and buffaloes should have a partition of 2 square metres, for horses and mares it should be 2.25 square metres, for sheep and goat the space must be 0.3 square metres, for pigs it should be 0.6 square metres and for poultry the space must be 40 square cm. No Motor vehicle meant for carrying animals shall be permitted to carry any other goods.
