The online sacrificial animal market is now fully on business. After the government started the online cattle market activities on July 2, till Tuesday, July 13, in just 12 days, 1,84,896 cattle worth Tk 1,328 crore have been sold. As a result, an average of 16,808 animals has been sold every day. The amount of animal sales is increasing every day. On Tuesday, 27,608 cattle were sold in a single day.
According to the Livestock Department, sacrificial animals are currently being sold from 241 cattle markets across the country from the same platform. Apart from this, sacrificial animals are also being sold from many Facebook pages on individual initiatives. That information is not included here. If the information is available on the sale of animals on the initiative of individuals, the number of sales will increase further. According to the source, the amount of animal sales online has increased since last year mainly to avoiding the risk of corona infection. But it was unimaginable that it would increase so much this year. Buyers are now all set to buy from the online market without any hesitation or confusion.
According to the Department of Livestock, last year there was 1 crore 18 lakh 97 thousand 500 sacrificial animals in the country. 94 lakh 50 thousand 267 animals have been sacrificed. Of this, about 70,000 cattle have been sold online.
This year, there are a total of 1 crore 19 lakh 16 thousand 765 sacrificial animals including 45 lakh 47 thousand cows and buffaloes, 73 lakh 65 thousand goats and sheep and 4 thousand 765 other animals. Which is 19 thousand more than last year. This time, due to the deteriorating pandemic situation, the number of sacrificial cows sold online may exceed several lakhs.
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