Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 23: With just a day now left for Eid-ul-Adha, the markets in city were abuzz with shoppers while traffic jam caused immense chaos leading to choking of routes here on Tuesday.
The Eid-ul-Adha, also called Bakar Eid as animals are sacrificed by Muslims, falls on Friday this week. The shopping for the Eid, which had begun early this week, was hampered by incessant rains which lashed Valley yesterday.
However, the weather improved today and sun also came out resulting in buzz in the markets across the city and elsewhere.
The commercial hub – Lal Chowk – witnessed huge rush of shoppers, mainly women and children. From bakery shops to garment showrooms and shoe shops, the shoppers were seen everywhere. The street vendors had a good business today because of fine weather.
The markets in downtown city which include Jamia Market, Nowhatta and Maharaj Gunj, were also thronged by people. At Jamia Market, the women were seen buying artificial jewellery and crockery throughout the day. The small girls were seen designing henna on their hands.
The sacrificial animals were put on sale by mutton and cattle dealers as well as nomads almost in every market and junction of the city. The Eidgah ground, which is traditional sale point of sacrificial animals, was abuzz with people seeking purchase of goats and sheep. Similar reports were received from other places of the Valley.
The markets were also abuzz with shoppers in other district headquarters of Valley.
As the markets were abuzz with shoppers, the traffic jam created chaos in city with majority of routes getting choked for hours.
Contrary to their claims, the Traffic cops failed to control the jam and chaos in civil lines. While as there no traffic cops in Old City areas and people themselves manage the situation.
In the meanwhile, officials conducted a market checking in Baramulla Town. “During the market checking, an amount of rupees 12500 was imposed as fine and recovered from defaulter shopkeepers. Moreover, rotten vegetables and open spices were destroyed on spot. Ten kilograms of polythene was also seized during the checking process,” an official said.
In Tangmarg area of Baramulla district, a team also conducted the checking at Tangmarg and Kunzer Markets. “During the checking, a fine of rupees 15,000 was imposed upon the shopkeepers for violating the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and Essential Commodities Act. Two quintals of rotten vegetables were destroyed and 4 kg of Polythene was also seized on the spot,” the official said.
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