KHULNA, July 20, 2020 (BSS) – The market for sacrificial animals under Khulna City Corporation (KCC) will start from July 26 at Joragate Bazar premises in complaisance with all health rules.
KCC Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque is expected to inaugurate the cattle market.
The decision was made yesterday afternoon at a meeting at KCC’s conference room with Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque in the chair.
The meeting decided that several disinfection tunnels to be set up in the cattle market to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.
The cattle exuviate to be set up in accordance with the hygiene rules, no other cattle market can be placed in the city. Everyone should be wearing masks before enter the market and to use hand sanitizer for disinfectants which to be kept in several points in the market, it added.
The cattle market will have all the modern management including round-the-clock security through CCTV cameras, ensuring uninterrupted power supply, detection of counterfeit notes under the management of Bangladesh Bank, there will be all modern management including effectuation (Hasil) in computerised system.
There will be round-the-clock treatment of veterinarians and visitors to the market, provision of food hotels in a clean environment, modern public toilets and 24-hour security with the help of magistrates, police and RAB.
Besides, KCC already have launched an online sacrificial animals purchasing market (www.Kcchaat.com) for the devotees who are not interested to buy cattle physically, sources said.
Earlier, the district administration launched a digital cattle market mobile app for selling and buying sacrificial animals ahead of the coming Eid-ul Azha keeping in mind the health and safety of the farmers and buyers during the prevailing situation of coronavirus outbreak.
The district administration in association with district livestock department has taken initiative to run the online cattle market mobile app namely “Online Qurbani Hat Khulna” to help the marginal cattle farmers of the district who are in dire straits due to the deadly coronavirus ahead of the coming Eid-Ul-Azha.