At cattle markets, traders are waiting for customers, thousands of customers are looking for cheap animals. Photo: app/file

Due to last year’s flood disasters in Sindh, poor economic situation, increase in transportation costs and other issues, sacrificial animals have become very expensive in Karachi for Eid-ul-Adha this year.

Citizens will not be able to pay the obligation of sacrifice on Eid-ul-Adha this year due to the worst increase in the inflation rate and affected purchasing power and weak financial condition. Due to the fact that the status is not very strong, this year they plan to make a collective sacrifice.

In this regard, different schools, mosques and welfare institutions have introduced different packages of collective sacrifice at the regional and local levels, the prices of these packages are also from 3 to 10 thousand rupees this year compared to last year’s Eid-ul-Adha. The increase is being seen. These packages are 15 thousand to 25 thousand rupees or more.

Most of the citizens are contributing to the collective sacrifice package of less than Rs 20,000, cattle markets are currently waiting for customers and thousands of customers are roaming around looking for cheap sacrificial animals, sacrificial animal deals. Many brothers have settled after Tao due to which the traders also seem to be quite worried.

Due to the high cost of animals, the purchasing activity has decreased, traders

Kashif Qureshi, a trader of sacrificial animals, said that due to the devastation of the last flood, the poor economic conditions of the country, the increase in the prices of petroleum products, the increase in transportation costs, the cost of animal feed and other reasons, this time the sacrifice for Eid-ul-Azha is not possible. Animals have become very expensive. Animals that were sold for up to one lakh rupees last year have seen an increase in their prices by 30,000 to 50,000 rupees.

According to a tentative estimate, the price of all types of sacrificial animals has increased from 20 thousand rupees to 2 lakh rupees. Due to the increase in the price of the animal, there has been a significant decrease in the buying trend and people are paying too much while buying the animal. Due to this situation, traders are very worried.

He said that the price of a heifer of minimum weight is between one lakh to one and a half lakh rupees, while the minimum price of a goat is 30 thousand or more.

The compensation for slaughtering sacrificial animals has also increased from 3 to 8 thousand rupees

Local butcher Babu Qureshi said that this year, the compensation for slaughtering sacrificial animals on Eid-ul-Adha has increased from 3,000 to 8,000 rupees or more. However, the compensation for animal sacrifice varies from region to region.

The government made a strategy to reduce the cost of sacrificial animals

Citizen Faheem said that most of the people who had the status of collective sacrifice last year have lost their collective sacrifice due to inflation. The government should make a strategy to reduce the price of sacrificial animals. So that people can perform Sunnah Ibrahimi in a good way.

Due to inflation, it has become difficult for the middle class to perform the duty of sacrifice, Tariq

Citizen Tariq says he works in a grocery store and my salary is more than 40 thousand rupees. That’s why I have participated in the 18 thousand rupees package of collective sacrifice, he said that due to inflation, it has become very difficult for the middle class to perform the duty of sacrifice.

This year, individual sacrificers are doing collective sacrifice, volunteers

Junaid, a volunteer of the collective sacrifice welfare organization, said that various packages of collective sacrifice have been introduced at different mosques, madrasas, welfare institutions and at the neighborhood level, and citizens are joining these packages according to their financial status. This year most of the individual sacrifice citizens have been attracted to collective sacrifice due to bad economic situation.

As animals became expensive, the share of collective sacrifice increased by 10,000 rupees

Sheikh Zayed, the supervisor of the collective sacrifice in the local mosque, said that the citizens are very worried due to the extreme increase in the rate of inflation in the country. It has happened, that’s why people are participating in collective sacrifice.

He said that due to the increase in the price of animals, the price per part of the collective sacrifice has also increased from 3 thousand to 10 thousand rupees. Take part in the package.