Mokhleshur Rahman Dhanu, Ramgati (Laxmipur) Representative:
Ramgati Upazila of Laxmipur has been accused of not selling big cows due to lack of demand for buyers. In the past days, wholesalers from other districts have not seen the same, but the demand for large cows in the cow market is very low.
Farmers know that Eid al-Adha is only one day left. Seasonal farmers and traders keep cows in this region. High prices of cow feed, overwhelm workers of workers have made it very difficult to raise cows. Where ten or twelve cows were fattened in the other, now there are three or four. They are disappointed to bring each cow to the walk, which costs one and a half thousand rupees, and three workers are required for bringing one cow.
The farmers have to stay up at night and they are struggling to meet these expenses, all in all, the farmers of Ramgati expressed their disappointment. The price of seven or eight maunds of cows is 2.5 to 3 lakh taka, but the buyers are asking the price from 1 to 1 lakh taka.
A few farmers said, they have been raising cows for the last six months by selling jewelery and debt on loans. Now the buyers are not able to sell without paying the price.
Md Farooq Majhi and Khabirul Haque, who came to buy cows in Alexander market, said that the price of cow is very high, so they are interested in taking cows of medium price.
Talking to the market lessees, it is known that the most cows are sold between eighty thousand and one hundred and thirty thousand rupees. There is no big cow for sale. Farmers Abdur Rab, Shahe Alam, Monir Mita and Delwar Hossain said that the daily cost of each cow is like 1000 to 1500 rupees. If they cannot sell, they will have to sit on the road if they cannot sell.
According to the office of the Upazila Executive Officer, there are 12 cow ducks in the upazila, which has 2 cows under the municipality, all of which have large cows, and at the last moment, the shopping is going well, along with the upazila animal resources officer confirmed that there are enough cows for sacrifice in the upazila.
Upazila Animal Resources Officer Nazrul Islam said that this time the medium cow is being sold for sacrifice, the customer demand of the big cow is low, he added that three medical teams are working in all the markets of the upazila.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Shantanu Chowdhury said that devout Muslims have set up 12 walks at Ramgati to sell the sacrificial cows. The upazila administration and law enforcement have taken a strict stand to ensure the safety of the buyers and sellers.
