-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...
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illegal slaughterhouse crackdown: UP strike hits Delhi hard, meat supply down -Parvez Sultan and Abhinav Rajput
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Meat traders’ strike in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh has halved Delhi’s supply and sent the prices soaring, with mutton selling for Rs 500 a kilo in some areas on Monday. Traders at Ghazipur, Delhi’s only slaughter house and biggest wholesale meat market, said they were not getting cattle from Uttar Pradesh, the biggest suppliers of animals, which had led to buffalo and goat meat costing at least 25% more. “Around...
More »From plate to plough: Development with cow -Ashok Gulati & Smriti Verma
-The Indian Express Agricultural growth in Uttar Pradesh can be achieved by putting dairy in the lead role. State’s new chief minister has his task cut out for him Yogi Adityanath’s taking over as Uttar Pradesh chief minister has been criticised by several political pundits who say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked “cow over development”. They may soon have to bite the dust, like the economic pundits, who had...
More »Meat row? CM Yogi Adityanath enforcing laws that existed for years -Priyanka Singh
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Even as people go ballistic over news of meat shops being closed down across UP, what the government is doing is simply enforcing rules regarding slaughter and transport of animals. These rules were hardly wielded by municipal corporations so far. Under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, it is a mandatory service of local bodies to provide fresh and hygienic meat to people while ensuring construction...
More »Lucknow goes veg: Meat, eggs off menu as sellers begin strike in Adityanath's UP -Pankaj Jaiswal
-Hindustan Times Lucknow: Not just buffalo meat, Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow is fast heading towards a non-vegetarian crisis as entire chicken, goat meat and egg markets have begun shutting down. While more than 80% markets of non-vegetarian items already downed shutters on Friday, various traders’ associations have declared strike from Saturday. Under the circumstances, vegetable prices, which were on the decline for last one week, are likely to register a steep hike. “The indefinite...
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