Sacrificial animal haats in Dhaka from Thursday

On the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the sale of sacrificial animals at 20 makeshift and two permanent markets in the capital’s two city corporation areas will officially start from Thursday (June 13) , said officials concerned.

According to the two city corporations, 9 temporary haats have been set up apart from Gabtali permanent haat in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and 11 temporary haats have been set up apart from Sarulia permanent cattle haat in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area.

However, due to court's directive, cattle market will not be set up in Aftabnagar this year, reports BSS.

DNCC's Public Relations Department Information Officer Peal Hasan said, “This year, the cattle markets will remain open for five days from June 13 until the morning of Eid day. All arrangements have been made for the safe and comfortable trading of sacrificial animals.”

“Buyers can purchase cattle through online banking even without bringing any cash in the market. Anyone can open an instant bank account under the overall supervision of Bangladesh Bank and make money transactions. For this reason there will be numerous bank booths in the market area,” he said.

Hasan said, “The lessees have been instructed to maintain discipline at haats. If any seller sets up a haat on the street, the security deposit of the lessee will be forfeited. Law enforcement agencies will be at markets constantly to provide overall security of the buyers and sellers.”

Public Relations Officer of Dhaka South City Corporation Abu Naser told the media, “One monitoring committee for each market has been formed for maintaining overall discipline at market areas. Each committee will have one magistrate. If any irregularity is found beyond the guidelines set by DSCC, the committee will immediately take action.”

Apart from the central control room, there will be one control room in each haat, said Abu Naser.