{"id":24192,"date":"2020-04-21T19:28:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=24192"},"modified":"2020-04-21T19:28:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:58:24","slug":"in-times-of-corona-lockdown-mutton-sold-at-%e2%82%b9-600-to-%e2%82%b9-700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=24192","title":{"rendered":"In times of Corona lockdown, \u201cMutton sold at \u20b9600 to \u20b9700\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018Traders justify, Director FCS&CA says, \u2018Will register an FIR against offenders\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Srinagar:<\/strong> Acute shortage of livestock due to the lockdown in Kashmir has led to a sharp rise in prices of mutton.
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The meat eaters maintained that a kilogram of mutton which was sold at \u20b9500 to \u20b9550 has now been shot up to \u20b9600 to \u20b9700.As per the Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), the rate of motton per Kg is \u20b9400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to news agency KINS, the people here said that despite the thriving demand for meat in Kashmir, the price has left a hole in their pockets due to clampdown over coronavirus outbreak.
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\u201cSome mutton sellers who are able to sell mutton were found selling it at \u20b9600 to \u20b9700 a kg. A kilogram of mutton which I usually purchase at , \u20b9500 was sold me to \u20b9600,\u201d Arslan Ahmad who recently purchased 2 kg of mutton from Lalbazar Srinagar told KINS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another resident of Bemina who had managed to buy meat from downtown area of Srinagar said that he purchased meat at \u20b9700 per kg.
However justifying high prices of mutton, traders said that they are compelled to purchase locally reared animals, which are usually costlier than the stock coming from other states.
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Since the lockdown is in place, Kashmir is facing severe shortage of mutton due to the lack of supply that used to come from Punjab, Haryana and New Delhi.
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\u201cWe are finding it extremely difficult to source livestock. With much difficulty, we have been able to get few sheep locally just to keep the business alive,\u201d revealed the trader.
He said that locally reared animals are usually costlier than the stock coming from other states.
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Another dealer said that shopkeepers are somehow arranging sheep through their contacts. \u201cRetail rates have increased for obvious reasons as they are buying livestock at a higher price. Moreover, only a few retailers get local supply, which too is not smooth because of lockdown,\u201d the dealer said.
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One of the Mutton sellers here in Qamarwari known for quality mutton has never opened his shop for business since the lockdown. \u201cIn normal situation we slaughter about 5 to 10 sheep. But with the non-availability of mutton and keeping in mind the lockdown, we did not open our shop,\u201d he said.
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Wholesale Mutton Dealers Association General Secretary, Mehraj-ud- Din however told KINS that it was wrong to sell meet on higher prices. \u201cYes we have also received complaints that some of the mutton retailers are selling meat on higher prices. It is illegal and wrong, I urge them not to indulge in such wrongdoings,\u201d he said.
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He however said that the department has fixed rate in 2016 and till date they have not reviewed the rate. He urged the government to fix the fresh rates for mutton.
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The General Secretary said that dozens of mutton dealers and meat sellers are facing huge losses. \u201cWe were yet to recover the losses inflicted on us by long shutdown due to roll back of Article 370. Now the pandemic has come again as our biggest enemy,\u201d he maintained.
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Director Consumers Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) Bashir Ahmad told KINS that they will take strict action against the offenders. \u201cIf anybody is found selling meat on exorbitant rates, we will lodge FIR against him. Let people come to us with the complaints we will take action and even put the offenders in the jail,\u201d he maintained. (KINS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Traders justify, Director FCS&CA says, \u2018Will register an FIR against offenders\u2019 Srinagar: Acute shortage of livestock due to the lockdown in Kashmir has led to a sharp rise in prices of mutton. The meat eaters maintained that a kilogram of mutton which was sold at \u20b9500 to \u20b9550 has now been shot up to \u20b9600 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}