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| Agitation saves Valley around Rs 1.5 Cr daily | | A silver lining! | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The strikes and curfew restrictions have marred this year's marriage season. Most of the marriages have been postponed making the prospective brides and grooms suffer the pangs of separation for one more year.
However, as they say every cloud has a silver lining, the on-going agitation has saved Kashmir a hefty sum. With marriages have been deferred, the demand for mutton has fallen leaving the suppliers high and dry. However, some people have availed the opportunity by preponing the marriages to save all the money which otherwise would be spent on Wazwaan (traditional Kashmiri cuisine).
The marriage season starts in Kashmir from September and lasts till end of November. Thousands of marriages are solemnized in these three months. Mairaj-ud-Din Dajoo who is Valley's one of the richest Kotdaars (one who supplies sheep) has been taking drugs to regulate his blood pressure. "No business this year. The marriages have been postponed and this will adversely affect my business", he said.
Talking to Early Times, Dajoo said: "In addition to normal quota, we would get forty trucks of sheep every day during the marriage season to meet the demands. Every truck is allowed to carry around 200 sheep at a time. If the average price of a single sheep is fixed at Rs 2000, it means we lose business worth Rs 1,60,00,000 daily."
If Dajoo's statement is to be believed then the Valley saves Rs 1,60,00,000 daily. However, a Animal Husbandry officer strongly contests Dajoo's statement. According to him forty trucks loaded with sheep do enter the Valley every day to cater to the needs of the entire Valley but there is no separate supply for marriages.
Dajoo ridicules the officer's comment. "The animals (Sheep) required for Wazwaan must be very young in the weight range of 12 to 15 kgs. A large animals do not make a good wazwaan. For selecting the animals we have to go personally to the market", he said.
Kashmiris are voracious meat eaters. The local production of sheep is microscopic. The bulk of the animals are bought at Delhi and elsewhere. Around two quintals of meat are required for a modest Wazwaan. The Wazwaan of late has expanded in size considerably. From the traditional seven dishes, the Chefs now make around thirty dishes. |
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