Two days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the capital's 13 makeshift markets and the permanent cattle market at Gabtoli are yet to warm up as very few buyers are turning up. Cattle traders, who are thronging the markets, bringing in sacrificial animals ever day, had expected a good response from the buyers at the weekend. But many traders were frustrated by the sales though there were many buyers.
Most of the buyers claimed that cattle traders were charging higher prices than the previous year though a huge number of cattle have already been brought to the markets.
Cattle trader Etim Ali from Kushtia said there had been a significant crowd in the markets since Friday, but the sales were low.
"I could not sell one single cattle out of 25 for the last two days," he said. He was asking for a price between Tk 150,000 and 200,000 for his cows.
Businessmen Mohammad Ajgar, who came from Nabanpur to Nayabazaar, the largest makeshift cattle market in the city, said he wanted to buy a cow, but the prices were too high.
"On the TV screen, we see that the cattle market is stable. But what I have seen coming to the market is completely opposite," he remarked.
Mohammad Nurul Islam, a doctor who came to buy a cow at the cattle market at Dhaka Polytechnic Institute ground with his two neighbours, said the high prices charged by traders were putting the middle-income group in trouble.
He said the skyrocketing prices of all sacrificial animals, including goats, cows and lambs, were keeping people away from the markets, fearing that many would not be able to fulfil the religious obligation this Eid.
Nayabazaar Market Managing Committee member Shafiqul Haque Pappu said, "Trading in the markets might get a boost from today (Saturday) as most of the buyers came to markets on Friday only to get an idea about the prices of the animals."
The traders were happy about the security in the markets.
The permanent cattle market at Gabtoli aside, the venues where makeshift cattle markets have been set up are: Jigatola-Hazaribagh ground, Khilgaon Taltola bus stand, Agargaon (near the LGED Bhaban), Rahmatganj playground, Uttar Shahjahanpur, Azampur (Uttara) Government Primary School playground, Armanitola playground, Balurmath (near Brothers Union club at Gopibagh), Meradia Bazar, Banani-Kakoli level crossing, Dhupkhola East and Club playground, Dhaka Polytechnic Institute's playground, and City Corporation Adarsha School playground (near Golapbagh playground).
The sale of sacrificial animals in the temporary cattle markets will continue until midnight before the Eid day.
After offering Eid prayer, slaughtering sacrificial animals to seek Allah's blessing is the common practice and every individual takes part in 'Qurbani' at individual level or in groups as per their convenience.
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