Chhaygaon (Kumbrup): Cattle Preservation Act Assam 2021 prohibits the sale of cattle in the state, but in the weekly market in the lower “disguise” sales of cattle sales continue.
Calm which was not convenient in the Cow Market Chhaygaon on Sunday when traders and market management were worried about the crackdown at that time.
Not only Muslims, Hinduism, tribes and ethnic communities also depend on the market aged more than 100 years for trafficking livestock because it is directly related to agricultural activities.
“They buy cattle for meat, milk, and hijack.
People from villages and cities in Raidus 20 km come here.
This market has helped all communities with one way or another,” said Mukut Ali, market secretary.
In normal time, as soon as the sow of Sali Sali ended, farmers sell their livestock.
But because fear was caught, most of them were ready to bear the burden of feeding them at home.
“Usually bulls are sold immediately after the piracy season.
Until the rainy season next year we cannot feed them without returns,” said Farmer Dilip Rabha from Kulsi Tribal Belt.
Many villagers choose to stay away from the market on Sunday.
They have seen on TV how cattle smuggles were shot by the police.
“Cows or vehicles that carry it can be confiscated by the police before they reach the market,” he said.
The villagers are also confused if the sale of cattle is up to 14 years, as stated in the Act, has been legally prohibited.
Goroimari Market, Sampupara and Sontoli, where Muslims are in extraordinary majority, trade is underway.
However, the Chhaygaon market in the main city, tells a different story.
After months of restriction Covid, opened for the second week of this Sunday.
Rupam Talukdar, whose family has a market, said they have paid an annual tax to local Panchayat despite the financial difficulties they face because of a pandemic.
“Even if Muslims stop eating beef, the problem will not be resolved for Hindus.
Many low-income groups manage financial needs for the marriage or acceptance of their children to higher education institutions by selling cows,” he said.