Tridge summary
A dispute between butchers and the local government over mutton prices in Kashmir, part of Indian-administered Kashmir, has led to a shortage of the meat for the past four months. The government has requested butchers to sell mutton at 420 Indian rupees (around $6) per kilogram, significantly lower than the market price of 600 rupees (around $8.5) per kilogram. Despite meetings with government officials, a resolution has not been reached, and butchers continue to withhold mutton sales. Kashmir, which imports about 2 million sheep a year, has a sheep population of 3.2 million, sufficient for 1.5 years. The stalemate is seen as the government's unrealistic assessment of the mutton trade, with the deputy director of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department expecting a resolution by next week. The conflict is further complicated by the ongoing dispute between India, Pakistan, and China over the region.
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SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir For the past four months, Ghulam Qadir Mir has been spending his mornings searching for mutton, which has virtually disappeared from Kashmiri markets because of a disagreement between butchers and the local government over prices. Mir, an early riser, visits each of the four meat shops in Bemina, a densely populated locality in Srinagar, the capital city of Indian-administered Kashmir. On a lucky day, he finds one of them has slaughtered a sheep or two. Being a regular customer, he does not return home empty-handed. But the lucky days have been far and few between. On several occasions, after finding local butcher shops shut, he rode in his old car well into the neighboring rural district of Budgam, 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) away, hoping to find some village butcher selling freshly slaughtered locally bred sheep. “My family members scold me every time I step outside. It is particularly tough in freezing winters to go out,” said Mir, a retired government ...
Source: Aa
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