Every day around 250 goats are slaughtered in the city at the mechanised slaughter house in the Industrial Area, Phase 1. The price of mutton, Rs 400 per kg at present, will go up to Rs 450 and for pork it will go up from Rs 200 to Rs 250 per kg . On the need for the price hike, Dr MS Kamboj, superintendent, slaughter wing, said the prices of all household items had increased but the slaughter rates of meat had remained unchanged for the last 10 years. The MC had approved the proposal to set up the automated poultry-processing plant in the House meeting in August 2003. Despite notification of the amended meat bylaws (Regulation for Sale of Meat, Fish and Poultry) in 2010, the MC has failed to ensure supply of stamp-approved, quality-checked chicken.

Source: Hindustan Times February 26, 2018 06:00 UTC