{"id":37225,"date":"2021-03-10T21:21:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=37225"},"modified":"2021-03-10T21:21:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:51:29","slug":"wont-allow-mutton-dealers-to-keep-public-hostage-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=37225","title":{"rendered":"Won\u2019t allow mutton dealers to keep public hostage: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em><strong>Div Com says three livestock trucks seized, mutton dealers misusing their monopoly<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Srinagar<\/strong>: Stating that the mutton dealers are misusing their monopoly, the divisional administration Kashmir on Wednesday said that strict action will be taken against those who are keeping the general public hostage for their vested interests.<\/p>\n<p>Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that three livestock trucks were seized in three districts of Kashmir including Shopian in South Kashmir, Budgam and Srinagar in Central Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the livestock truck in Shopian was auctioned while in Budgam and Srinagar, the auction will be done tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the rates have already been finalized after looking into the issue properly.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said that the dealers will not be allowed to keep the general public hostage, adding that they are misusing their monopoly, which is not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has already taken measures in this regard and strict action shall be taken against the mutton dealers who are found keeping the public hostage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the butchers were directed to open their shops within two days and that any shops found closed will be seized. However, the butchers after receiving the orders had sent legal notice to the concerned authorities, questioning which law permits them to seize the closed shops.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Director Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&amp;CA), Bashir Ahmad couldn\u2019t be contacted for the comments\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Div Com says three livestock trucks seized, mutton dealers misusing their monopoly Srinagar: Stating that the mutton dealers are misusing their monopoly, the divisional administration Kashmir on Wednesday said that strict action will be taken against those who are keeping the general public hostage for their vested interests. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37225","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\/37225","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=37225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37225\/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=37225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}