Cattle price on high side in Khulna markets
Monday, 15 November 2010
Our Correspondent
KHULNA, Nov 14: Sellers took a large number of cattle at the Joragate kitchen market in Khulna, but they said the selling of cows has not increased in comparison with that of buffaloes and goats this year because of anthrax panic. According to the sellers and buyers, the price of sacrificial animals at different hats of the area as well as across the district has increased this year.
The market is the only a temporary one set up by the Khulna City Corporation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Market sources said people had also been visiting markets outside the city at Rupsa, Shahapur, Jamira and Phultala to buy sacrificial animals.
Sellers have been asking between Tk. 25,000 and Tk. 30,000 for a medium-sized bull, which sold between Tk. 18,000 and Tk. 24,000 in the past year. There are not many large-sized bulls on the market this year, the sellers said.
No inflow of cattle from India has also pushed up the prices, traders in different markets said. The cattle put on sale in the markets are mostly raised by the villages.
However, the traders sounded happy, as they did not face extortion on their way to the markets because of the present situation of the country.
Salim Molla, a businessman from Chuknagor, told FE that he brought a cow from a rural hat, but the city customers are offering him Tk 5,000 less than his purchase price. Trader Abdul Khaleque said the anthrax panic is still prevailing in the region and that is why the selling rate of cows is less than that of the goats.
The corporation's market superintendent said he had received no allegation of extortion in the cattle market.
A high police official said they had deployed adequate number of policemen for the security of the buyers and sellers.
KHULNA, Nov 14: Sellers took a large number of cattle at the Joragate kitchen market in Khulna, but they said the selling of cows has not increased in comparison with that of buffaloes and goats this year because of anthrax panic. According to the sellers and buyers, the price of sacrificial animals at different hats of the area as well as across the district has increased this year.
The market is the only a temporary one set up by the Khulna City Corporation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Market sources said people had also been visiting markets outside the city at Rupsa, Shahapur, Jamira and Phultala to buy sacrificial animals.
Sellers have been asking between Tk. 25,000 and Tk. 30,000 for a medium-sized bull, which sold between Tk. 18,000 and Tk. 24,000 in the past year. There are not many large-sized bulls on the market this year, the sellers said.
No inflow of cattle from India has also pushed up the prices, traders in different markets said. The cattle put on sale in the markets are mostly raised by the villages.
However, the traders sounded happy, as they did not face extortion on their way to the markets because of the present situation of the country.
Salim Molla, a businessman from Chuknagor, told FE that he brought a cow from a rural hat, but the city customers are offering him Tk 5,000 less than his purchase price. Trader Abdul Khaleque said the anthrax panic is still prevailing in the region and that is why the selling rate of cows is less than that of the goats.
The corporation's market superintendent said he had received no allegation of extortion in the cattle market.
A high police official said they had deployed adequate number of policemen for the security of the buyers and sellers.