deonar abattoir

The All India Jamiatul Qureshi, a body of butcher community, has written to chief minister as well the municipal commissioner requesting them for resumption of slaughtering activities at deonar abattoir under ``Mission Begin Again’’.

Two days before Bakri Eid, BJP leader Ashish Shelar visited BMC's deonar abattoir.He reviewed the setup for sheep and goat traders who crowd the market over weekends.

All India Jamiatul Quresh (AIJQ), Mumbai Unit, met with deonar abattoir officials, including Dr. Kaleem Pasha Pathan, to discuss Eid-ul-Adha preparations for June 2025. The delegation, led by Imran Babu Qureshi and Zafar Qureshi, addressed concerns about lighting, water, sheds, road conditions, traffic management, and buffalo slaughtering. They also raised issues regarding livestock transportation safety and municipal corporation fees. Dr.

The Mumbai civic body in a fresh circular issued pursuant to Bombay high court direction on Friday has permitted religious sacrifice of 150 water buffaloes per day from August 1 to August 3 for Eid between 6 am and 6 pm only at the deonar abattoir.

Mumbai, Sep 21 () The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to invest Rs 1,066 crore for the makeover of deonar abattoir, the city's only slaughter house.

Shivaji Nagar police arrested a tempo driver and two helpers for transporting three cows and two bullocks from Khallapur in Raigad district to deonar abattoir on Saturday.

Beef merchants in the city alleged harassment on Tuesday night, this time by “activists” of Nitesh Rane-headed Swabhiman Sangathna, when a BMC truck carrying around three quintals of buffalo meat from deonar abattoir was stopped in Malad (W).

Amid allegations of rigging and cartelisaiton by the BJP, the BMC has scrapped a Rs 402 crore tender for modernisation of the deonar abattoir and its operations. The BMC's decision to scrap the mega project comes after the BJP alleged that the civic body's tender conditions were tweaked to favour certain companies, and that it had not taken into account the city's real requirement of a slaughterhouse.

There is a sigh of relief to the non vegetarians. In the "mission begin again", the Maharashtra government has permitted to reopen Deonar slaughter house after almost three months of shutdown.

Stoking yet another controversy, standing committee chairman directed the administration to immediately stop the export of meat from deonar abattoir.

With less than a week left for Bakri Eid (August 12), traders have complained of sheep and goats falling sick due to insufficient shade and waterlogging at deonar abattoir.

The Deonar slaughter house is set to resume operations from July 3 after the BMC on Friday issued a circular permitting it to start functioning again.However, a slew of instructions has been put in place.

A rare breed of goat from Madhya Pradesh, meant for sacrifice on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha (Bakri Eid), was sold for Rs 4 lakh.

Mounting pressure on civic commissioner Jairaj Phatak, corporators again demanded that the slaughter of animals for export be stopped at the deonar abattoir.

Only slaughter of buffaloes for local consumption and not export is carried out at deonar abattoir, BMC assured Bombay high court recently.

The Bombay high court has asked the state government to clarify its stand on illegal slaughter houses in Mumbai.

Akram Qureshi, the first trader to be arrested in Mumbai for allegedly selling beef, on Wednesday said he was selling buffalo meat and the police have known about his business for years.

Two days before Bakri Eid, prices of some goats for sacrifice crossed the Rs 80,000 mark, and traders say prices may cross Rs 1 lakh in the next 24 hours.

All exports from the BMC's deonar abattoir will stop from January 1 next year after the National Green Tribunal held it was violating environment norms.