Putting to sleep the piglets, sterilising male pigs, approaching the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and the Police Commissioner for plugging entry points in the city and, sending off them to panjrapole in Deesa are few plans in the pipelines.

Express Newsline has been publishing for the last one week reports of pig menace in the villages nearby Vadodara.

And if these NGOs are to be believed, they would swing into action soon to tackle the problem.

V-Care's Dr Annapoorna Ravichander told Express Newsline that they would approach the VMC to plug the entry and exit points from where the sardarjis operate. This, however, she said would not be possible without police protection.

She further said since the menace had become alarming to attract more media attention, it was most appropriate time to tackle the problem.

At a meeting held between V-Care members and Dr Jacob Philips of Animal Husbandry department on Monday, the organisation discussed how the menace could be tackled. Nandia Amin of V-Care said they were trying to contact a pig catcher from Kerala who had once been hired by the VMC. According to her, the department will help in sterilising pigs.

About the solution for Bhayeli, Bil, Samiyala and Raipura villages where the menace was on the rise, Amin said they planned to appeal industries for funds to sterilise pigs and catching them. According to information, each pig is caught at a cost of Rs 40.

Dr Annapoorna said V-Care was open to collaborate with other organisations.

Snehal Bhatt of the Gujarat Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said they along with the Vadodara Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VSPCA) recently held talks with a section of persons from the Jain community, who had reportedly showed willingness to keep the male and female pigs in separate enclosures in panjrapole in Deesa.

Bhatt further said GSPCA was also trying to convince the villagers to put ``power fences'' in the fields. She said if the villagers were paying nearly Rs 8,000 per month to deploy persons to prevent the pig menace, they could well try putting the fences which are used in New Delhi.

VSPCA's Kalpana Patel said in totality the problem can be tackled only if the pig-breeding is licensed and action is taken against the sardarjis.