After Beef ban, no meat for 8 days in district near Mumbai

September 08, 2015 08:17

After a widely criticised beef ban in Maharashtra, residents in a part of the state will not get any meat for eight days.

The slaughter and sale of meat has been temporarily banned in those areas because of a Jain festival starting later this week.The order was issued by the civic body in charge of Thane's Mira Road and Bhayandar, on the outskirts of Mumbai.

The Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation is headed by the BJP.Such a ban was imposed last year too, but for only two days.

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