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. Delhi doesn’t have livestock farms and relies on neighbouring Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The bulk of buffalo supply to Ghazipur is from UP, which is country’s biggest meat producer. Traders in Uttar Pradesh started an indefinite strike on Monday to protest against the closure of illegal butcher shops and slaughterhouses. According to an estimate, Delhi consumes around 40,000kg of buffalo meat and 80,000kg of mutton a day.

Source: Hindustan Times March 27, 2017 17:48 UTC