MANIKGANJ, Aug 10, 2019 (BSS) – Selling and buying of sacrificial animals
have already gained momentum in all the cattle markets of the district as
only two days are left for the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious
festival of the Muslims.
A large number of sacrificial animals including bull, buffalo, oxen and
goats were brought for selling in different markets of the district.
Traders said like previous years, a huge number of cattle are available in
the markets and their prices are reasonable.
District livestock office sources said the cattle markets are witnessing a
record supply of sacrificial animals as farmers of the district boosted up
production of local animals to meet its growing demand during Eid-ul-Azha
festival.
According to the sources, many farmers, especially the marginalized farmers
have shown keen interest for rearing different animals including bulls,
buffalo, goats and oxen after getting financial assistance from government
and non-government organizations.
Special security measures were taken to maintain law and order in and
around the cattle markets across the district, superintendent of Police (SP)
Rifat Rahman Shamim told BSS.
“Apart from this step, we have deployed several teams of traffic police
under a special traffic management network to control traffic congestion
around cattle markets in the district town,” he said.