Ludhiana, July 20 -- Two dairy owners at the Haibowal Dairy Complex have been booked for discharging cow dung into drains meant only for carrying liquid waste to the effluent treatment plant, police said on Monday.

The FIR was registered against Muktiar Singh and Pappy at the PAU police station on Sunday on the complaint of the Municipal Corporation's nodal officer for the operations and maintenance cell, which was forwarded on June 29.

The Haibowal Dairy Complex has been suffering from waterlogging in the streets due to clogged drains amid discharge of cow dung. The MC has arranged for lifting of cow dung from the dairies to ensure the drains aren't clogged. The MC had earlier warned the dairy owners of action for disposing of cow dung...