Srinagar/10th May: Even as the government has fixed the mutton rate at Rs 535 per kg after hectic negotiations with the dealers, the consumers continue to complain that meat is being sold at Rs 600 in Kashmir.
In some locality of Srinagar particularly Jogi Lanker, Dagga Mohalla, Kalwal Mohalla, Rainawari people complain that butchers are selling meat at Rs 600/kg where in Hassibhat Rainawari, people of this area complain that butchers are selling mutton in their homes at the rate of 600 per kg, The same complains have been raised from Gulab Bagh, Dadi Nowbugh and other areas that no retailer sells the meat at government fixed rate. Yet there is no check by the government, said many locals from these areas of Srinagar and Ganderbal districts.
Srinagr Samachar received scores of complaints from Srinagar uptown and outskirts against overcharging by the meat sellers. They complained that mutton in their areas was being sold at Rs 600 per KG.
Taking advantage of the prevailing situation emerging out of Coronavirus, vegetable sellers, vendors and butchers loot people at will while the lack of regulation has emboldened them. Almost every butcher is selling meat, at a rate of their own. People demanded that such butchers should be arrested under section 188, ¾ Essential Commodities Act. Meanwhile, the butcher at Qamarwari sells mutton at exorbitant rates, attacks the customer for raising the objection.
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