South Delhi Meat Ban

Meat shops at Delhi's INA Market - one of the biggest locations for groceries in the national capital - remained open today amid the controversy over sales during Navratri.

Referring to freedoms guaranteed to Indian citizens by the Constitution, she said it allows her to eat meat whenever she likes and the shopkeepers to sell it.

The south and east Delhi mayors asked meat shops in their jurisdictions to remain shut during Navratra, saying that "most people do not consume non-vegetarian food" for nine days, even as there was no official order issued by the civic bodies.

South Delhi Mayor Mukesh Suryan defended the order similar to those in some Islamic nations where drinking water in public is prohibited during the fasting month of Ramadan.

In a month, the sight of kebabs on skewers or raw fish outside shops in south Delhi may be gone. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC, which is ruled by the BJP, has ordered eateries to keep all meat, raw or cooked, out of sight for the sake of hygiene and "sentiment".

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has ordered food stalls to shelve meat, raw or cooked, inside shelves in South Delhi citing hygiene and "sentiments of people" as the main reasons.

Meat shops at Delhi's INA Market - one of the biggest locations for groceries in the national capital - remained open today amid the controversy over sales during Navratri.

Referring to freedoms guaranteed to Indian citizens by the Constitution, she said it allows her to eat meat whenever she likes and the shopkeepers to sell it.

The south and east Delhi mayors asked meat shops in their jurisdictions to remain shut during Navratra, saying that "most people do not consume non-vegetarian food" for nine days, even as there was no official order issued by the civic bodies.

South Delhi Mayor Mukesh Suryan defended the order similar to those in some Islamic nations where drinking water in public is prohibited during the fasting month of Ramadan.

In a month, the sight of kebabs on skewers or raw fish outside shops in south Delhi may be gone. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC, which is ruled by the BJP, has ordered eateries to keep all meat, raw or cooked, out of sight for the sake of hygiene and "sentiment".

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has ordered food stalls to shelve meat, raw or cooked, inside shelves in South Delhi citing hygiene and "sentiments of people" as the main reasons.