LAHORE: The government of Punjab has decided to set up the cattle markets outside the city limits ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, setting up Friday a nine-member committee headed by the provincial law minister to oversee the matter.
Eid Al Adha is expected to fall on Friday, July 31, a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences has said.
“July 22 will mark the first day of Dhu Al Hijjah month and Friday, July 31, shall be the first day of Eid Al Adha, acording to astronomical calculations.”
Average temperatures will range between 25 degrees Celsius and 41 degrees Celsius.
The committee to oversee setting up of cattle markets was tasked to compile standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. It was also decided that cattle-owners and customers would be fined should there be a violation of the precautionary measures.
To ensure that no sick sacrificial animals were brought to the cattle markets for sale, special committees were formed to check the livestock.
Earlier this month, Sindh’s local government department had penned a letter to the home department, requesting revocation of the cattle markets’ licenses on the back of a rising number of coronavirus cases in Karachi and the risk that such gatherings posed.
