MUMBAI MEAT TRADERS UNHAPPY AT AIRPORT AREA SALES RESTRICTIONS

Meat traders in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai are concerned about a potentially precedent-setting tightening of restrictions on sales within a 10 kilometre radius of the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The goal of the rules is to cover meat being sold outside shops in the area and to carefully dispose of waste so that birds are not attracted close to the airport – causing an accident hazard to planes. Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the licencing authority, have told meat retailers in this zone that ...


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