This year, a total of 4,407 eid cattle markets will be set up where everyone must follow the Covid health guidelines, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday.

Ten cattle markets will be set up in Dhaka North City Corporation while 12 in Dhaka South city Corporation, said the home minister while talking to reporters after a meeting over law and order situation ahead of the religious festival.

Additional law enforcement force will be deployed in the cattle markets to provide security to traders and buyers, he said.

Meanwhile, the traders will also enjoy the facilities of digital money transfer and that will ensure safe transfer of their cash. Noting that there will be no cattle markets on the roads and highways, the minister said no cattle-laden vehicles can be taken to any market against the traders’ will.

Referring to the rawhides of sacrificial animals, the minister said strict surveillance will be enforced to prevent its smuggling abroad.

The commerce Ministry will fix the price of rawhides.