Dimapur, July 7 (MExN): Extra Assistant Commissioner, Chümoukedima has informed that a decision has been taken to close down all open butcher shops on the roadside along National Highway 29 from Purana Bazaar to Chümoukedima as sale of any types of meat should be carried out only in a well maintained and hygienic enclosure/chamber inside a proper building/house or market.
The decision was taken during a joint meeting of civil administration Chümoukedima, all village council chairmen and Head GBs along the National Highway from Purana Bazaar to Chümoukedima on June 29.
The EAC, Thejavizo Nakro in a press release dated July 6 therefore informed establishments engaging in selling mutton, beef, fish, pork, chickens etc. on the roadside in open sheds to make necessary arrangement of shifting within 15 days.
Anyone going against the joint meeting resolution is liable to be penalized as provided by law, it added.
