Mumbai : Rapped sharply by the Bombay High Court, most political parties and the public, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday hurriedly decided to reduce the four-day meat ban in Mumbai by two days.
The BMC general body urged Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to lift the ban for two days – September 13 and 18 – in view of the strong sentiments against the ban, Shiv Sena corporator Trushna Vishwasrao told mediapersons.
Mayor Snehal Ambekar said the house agenda has been sent to Mehta with a request to keep all slaughter houses and retail shops open on September 13 and 18.
Earlier, the BMC had imposed a four-day ban on September 10, 13, 17 and 18 and kept the slaughter houses shut on these four days as well as implemented the ban on sale of all meat, poultry and fish products in the city.
While September 10 passed with huge protests, both among the masses as well as the social media networks, now the slaughter houses will remain shut only on September 17, the start of the 10-day Ganeshotsav.
