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Bengaluru Bans Meat Sales, Animal Slaughter for Janmashtami
Bengaluru has announced a one-day ban on selling meat and slaughtering animals.
The ban will happen on September 4.
It is being imposed for Sri Krishna Janmashtami.
The rule covers the Greater Bengaluru Authority area.
Slaughterhouses and meat shops must follow the order.
The Animal Husbandry Department issued the instruction.
People and shop owners have been asked to comply.
Similar restrictions are used during some festivals and commemorations in Karnataka.
Animal slaughter and meat sales will be prohibited across Greater Bengaluru Authority limits on September 4.
The one-day ban applies to slaughterhouses and meat shops throughout the GBA jurisdiction.
The order was issued by the Deputy Director of the GBA Animal Husbandry Department.
Authorities directed the public and meat shop owners to comply with the restriction.
Similar bans are observed during major religious and national festivals and certain non-violence advocates’ birth anniversaries.
- Who
- The Greater Bengaluru Authority, its Animal Husbandry Department, the public, and meat shop owners.
- What
- A one-day prohibition on animal slaughter and meat sales.
- Where
- Across the Greater Bengaluru Authority limits in Bengaluru.
- When
- September 4.
- Why
- In view of Sri Krishna Janmashtami.
Key facts
- Restriction
- Animal slaughter and meat sales will be prohibited.
- Duration
- One day.
- Date
- September 4.
- Area
- Greater Bengaluru Authority limits.
- Covered locations
- Slaughterhouses and meat shops.
- Issuing authority
- Deputy Director of the Greater Bengaluru Authority Animal Husbandry Department.
- Occasion
- Sri Krishna Janmashtami.
Sources
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