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The arrival of sacrificial animals from different
parts of the country to Gabtali cattle market has already
started. This photograph was taken on Saturday. Focus
Bangla

Staff Reporter

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is going to set up 12 cattle markets for this year's Eid-ul-Azha. These cattle markets will start from December 18.

There were 13 open air cattle markets last year, but this year the market near Kamalapur Railway Station has been dropped for other use by the Bangladesh Railway, said DCC sources. Against the bidding of the 12 cattle markets, the DCC received an amount of Tk five crore but there would be re-tender for two markets as the quotation was lower than expected.

A meeting between DCC authority and the law enforcers was held last week in the city to ensure security in the cattle markets.

But this year the price of sacrificial animals is expected to be high due to the rise in transportation cost and short supply of cattle from across the border.

The import of cows and buffaloes from India is very low due to the enhanced security on the border this year, said a cattle trader.

Last year during this period four to five thousand cattle were imported through the Sultanganj border under Chapainawabganj but this year it dropped to nearly half, said a local cattle trader from Chapainawabganj.