Patna, Dec. 22: The municipal corporation is yet to draw up a plan for the removal of cowsheds from the roadsides of the state capital though more than a week has passed since the high court asked it to do so.

Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials claim that the removal of unauthorised cowshed is high on their priority list. However, they also accept that not much has been done in this regard.

The officials have been unable to enforce the crackdown on cowsheds because machinery and manpower in PMC are engaged in the ongoing drive against illegal hoardings.

Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pal said while removing cowsheds was high on the priority list of the civic body, not much had been done in this regard yet.

“We will soon form a team to remove all unauthorised cowsheds from main roads and residential areas as directed by the high court,” he added.

On December 12, a division bench of Justice T. Meena Kumari and Justice Vikas Jain had passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Barun Kumar Sharma and some analogous petitions seeking removal of illegal encroachments from busy roads to prevent traffic congestion. The petition also sought removal of encroachments from parks.

The court had also asked PMC to spread awareness among the residents to keep the city clean.

Sources say that over 300 cowsheds still exist in different parts of the state capital despite the high court’s repeated directives to remove them. The court also directed the PMC to form a separate wing to oversee the work.

The team is yet to be formed. The drive against illegal billboards, however, has continued full steam in the state capital.

PMC officials claim that they have pulled down over 100 hoardings from Frazer Road, streets around Gandhi Maidan and Dakbungalow roundabout in the past four to five days.