{"id":88687,"date":"2025-06-06T00:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=88687"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:20:19","slug":"eid-ul-adha-kashmir-sees-surge-in-sacrificial-animal-supply-sales-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/eid-ul-adha-kashmir-sees-surge-in-sacrificial-animal-supply-sales-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid-ul-Adha: Kashmir sees surge in sacrificial animal supply, sales pick up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018<strong>Over 100 trucks carrying sheep reached valley every day last week\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Jun 05 (KNO): With Eid-ul-Adha around the corner, the Kashmir Valley witnessed a major surge in the supply of sacrificial animals last week, as over 100 trucks loaded with sheep arrived to meet the growing demand from consumers preparing for the annual festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mehraj Ud Din, General Secretary of All Kashmir Wholesale Mutton Dealers Association, said the inflow of animals doubled compared to normal days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually, around 25 to 30 trucks carrying sheep enter the valley daily. However, last week, the number rose sharply to around 70 to 100 trucks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Each truck carries approximately 150 to 160 sheep from various states outside Jammu and Kashmir. This increased arrival is because of the growing demand from the public ahead of Eid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary said the traders ensured the timely transportation and supply of animals well before Eid to allow people to make their purchases in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The market activity in various livestock mandis in Srinagar, including Eidgah, and in other districts, picked up pace, with families flocking to select animals for the Qurbani ritual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eid-ul-Adha, also known as the festival of sacrifice, will be celebrated across Kashmir on Saturday\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lsquo;Over 100 trucks carrying sheep reached valley every day last week&rsquo; Srinagar, Jun 05 (KNO): With Eid-ul-Adha around the corner, the Kashmir Valley witnessed a major surge in the supply of sacrificial animals last week, as over 100 trucks loaded with sheep arrived to meet the growing demand from consumers preparing for the annual festival. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88689,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88687\/revisions\/88689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}