LAHORE: The Punjab government has issued the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the establishment of cattle markets ahead of Eid ul Azha during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the notification, cattle markets should be established 2-5 kilometers outside city limits. The markets should have spacious parking lots with separate entry and exit points, the notification read.
Markets should also have a medical camp, management offices with ventilation and management must ensure controlled entry.
The government has also forbidden more than two people per car to visit the market and have restricted the elderly and children from visiting. “People experiencing symptoms like fever, the cough should avoid visiting cattle markets,” it added.
In this regard, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said sacrificial animals were an important part of the rural economy, which he wished to flourish.
Cattle markets, therefore, would be set up outside the city’s limits, with the relevant deputy commissioners assigned to determine their locations.
To ensure that no sick sacrificial animals were brought to the cattle markets for sale, special committees were formed to check the livestock.
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