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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Meat off the shelves in Uttar Pradesh, but can be bought discreetly -Soumya Pillai

Meat off the shelves in Uttar Pradesh, but can be bought discreetly -Soumya Pillai

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published Published on Mar 30, 2017   modified Modified on Mar 30, 2017
-The Hindu

The Hindu drove across Sahibabad, Modinagar, Muradnagar and Meerut on Wednesday, days after the crackdown on illegal slaughter houses, shops

An innocuous question — “where can I buy meat from?” — is met with curious glances and varied responses in Uttar Pradesh. Some will ask you to hush up, others will ignore your query and a few may lend a helping hand by pointing towards shops and offering tips on how to buy meat.

The Hindu drove across Sahibabad, Modinagar, Muradnagar and Meerut on Wednesday, days after the new government’s crackdown on illegal slaughter houses and retail shops selling goat, buffalo and cow meat.

Tension in the air

The tension in the air might have led to closure of shops and slaughter houses, but buying meat is still possible with a lot of perseverance and use of the right phrases. The entire process is nothing short of sealing a drug deal.

Mohammad Sheikh, a roadside barber at Sahibabad in Ghaziabad, secretly directed us to a meat shop in the Preet Nagar market. “I will take you to the owner and you can tell him how much meat you want,” he promised.

At the shop, we were greeted by closed shutters and some chicken coops kept outside. A minute later, a man in a stained brown baniyan and a checked lungi emerged from the shop. The barber took him aside to explain our requirement and came back with a frown.

He told us that a kilo of lal chhota (goat meat) would cost ?700 and lal bada (buffalo meat), which is the cheaper variant, would cost between ?380 and ?400. Despite no restriction on sale, the price of chicken too has seen a surge from ?150 per kg to to ?220.

“We don’t have lal chhota now, but we can deliver it,” said the man, adding, “We have a licence but it’s yet to be renewed. We had applied for renewal almost five months back. Doing business has become difficult now.”

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The Hindu, 30 March, 2017, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/meat-off-the-shelves-but-can-be-bought-discreetly/article17740829.ece?homepage=true


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