Haats gaining momentum in Joypurhat
Monday, 15 November 2010
Haats gaining momentum in Joypurhat
Our Correspondent from Joypurhat adds: Sacrificial animal haats are getting momentum less than a week before Eid-ul-Azha. Large number of cattles and goats are arriving in the city and village haats of all the 5 Upazilas in the district.
Joypurhat district is famous for cattle trading from early age and at the Eid time this market goes in full swing from a month prior to the Eid day. This year most of the cattle haats have gained with much gathered by cattle traders and vast number of sacrificial animals.
All the city and village haats are flooded with a huge number of sacrificial animals like cows, buffalos, goats and sheeps like previous years. Large number of cattle traders began to arrive from early in the last month. The wholesale traders are buying those cattle from Joypurhat district to take to other districts as well as the capital city. A small sized buffalo is being sold between Tk 18 thousand to 30 thousand and big sized ones are being sold between Tk 4o to 80 thousand and a cow is being sold depending on size and quality for Tk 15 thousand to 40 thousand in the local market.
The permanent haats are set up at Natun Haat in Joypurhat Pourashova, Panchbibi cattle haat in Panchbibi Pourashova, Kalai haat, Akkelpur haat, Khetlal haat. Besides these most of the local hats are set up for temporary sacrificial animals at Eid time at Union level and village level.
Specially the demand for buffalos for sacrificial purposes has been increased and wholesale cattle traders are transporting a huge number of sacrificial animals mainly buffalos and cows to Dhaka and Chittagong.
Besides, a large number of imported cattles from India are entering by smuggling through the border areas of Hili, Uchna, Karia, Lokma, Dhamuirhat in the district and neighboring Dinajpur and Naogoan district.
Our Correspondent from Joypurhat adds: Sacrificial animal haats are getting momentum less than a week before Eid-ul-Azha. Large number of cattles and goats are arriving in the city and village haats of all the 5 Upazilas in the district.
Joypurhat district is famous for cattle trading from early age and at the Eid time this market goes in full swing from a month prior to the Eid day. This year most of the cattle haats have gained with much gathered by cattle traders and vast number of sacrificial animals.
All the city and village haats are flooded with a huge number of sacrificial animals like cows, buffalos, goats and sheeps like previous years. Large number of cattle traders began to arrive from early in the last month. The wholesale traders are buying those cattle from Joypurhat district to take to other districts as well as the capital city. A small sized buffalo is being sold between Tk 18 thousand to 30 thousand and big sized ones are being sold between Tk 4o to 80 thousand and a cow is being sold depending on size and quality for Tk 15 thousand to 40 thousand in the local market.
The permanent haats are set up at Natun Haat in Joypurhat Pourashova, Panchbibi cattle haat in Panchbibi Pourashova, Kalai haat, Akkelpur haat, Khetlal haat. Besides these most of the local hats are set up for temporary sacrificial animals at Eid time at Union level and village level.
Specially the demand for buffalos for sacrificial purposes has been increased and wholesale cattle traders are transporting a huge number of sacrificial animals mainly buffalos and cows to Dhaka and Chittagong.
Besides, a large number of imported cattles from India are entering by smuggling through the border areas of Hili, Uchna, Karia, Lokma, Dhamuirhat in the district and neighboring Dinajpur and Naogoan district.