Official visits sacrificial animal markets

MANSEHRA: Special Secretary Local Governments Department Inayatullah on Monday said the provincial government would not allow the establishment of sacrificial animals markets outside the specified areas.

“The government is taking steps to ensure the enforcement of standard operating procedures set to contain the spread of the coronavirus during Eidul Azha,” he told reporters. He visited the sacrificial animal markets established by the Baffa-Pakhal Tehsil Municipal administration.

The official said separate enclosures for big and small animals were established with facilities for buyers and purchasers. “I visited this market and am satisfied with the measures taken by the TMO to contain the spread of Covid-19,” he said. The special secretary said that he was happy to witness that almost all the buyers and sellers thronging the cattle market were wearing facemasks and observing the social distancing rules.