Kashmir Sees 30 P.c Dip in Mutton Gross sales Throughout Ramzan

SRINAGAR: This Ramadan, Kashmir has skilled a big decline of roughly 30 p.c in mutton gross sales, with round Rs 3 crore price of sheep being consumed every day in the course of the holy month thus far.

Mehraj ud Din, Normal Secretary of the Mutton Sellers Affiliation stated that just about 15 to twenty vehicles of sheep have been arriving in Kashmir regularly this 12 months, in comparison with 30-35 vehicles in earlier years.

The earlier 12 months witnessed over 800 truckloads of sheep in 28 days, he stated.

Din attributed the lower in gross sales to varied elements, together with the low season for mutton gross sales and the challenges posed by highway closures in the course of the winter season.

“This 12 months, the every day sale of mutton in Kashmir is estimated to be round Rs 3 crore, with mutton being offered at Rs 700 per kilogram,” Mehraj stated, including that the whole mutton consumption in Kashmir throughout Ramadan is valued at roughly Rs 84 crores—(KNO)