BSS :
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said the online haat could help sell the sacrificial animals of char farmers at fair prices amid the corona pandemic situation.
“The government has taken a pragmatic initiative so that the cattle farmers, owners of the mainland including the char ones could get fair prices selling their sacrificial animals”.
The minister said while addressing an inaugural ceremony of an online haat of sacrificial animals in Gaibandha district virtually joining from his office, Dhaka recently as the chief guest.
The minister stressed the need for popularizing the online haat of sacrificial animals as the country has been turned into digitized one at the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Valokini.com and Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK), a local reputed non-government organization, jointly organized the webinar while chief executive officer (CEO) of www.valokini.com Karamot Ullah Biplob moderated the ceremony and executive chief of GUK M. Abdus Salam spoke as the special guest. President of Bangladesh Livestock Association Md. Imran Hossain, coordinator of GUK Aftab Hossain, char cattle farmer Ataur Rahman, district correspondent of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Sarker Mohammad Shahiduzzaman, district correspondent of Masranga Television Siddique Alam Doyal, district correspondent of DBC News Riktu Proshad and Boishakhi TV correspondent Md. Biplob Islam addressed the ceremony, among others.
The speakers said generally the char farmers rear cows, goats, sheep all the year round. They sell the animals at different haats of the district before the Eid-ul- Azha to earn economic profit by which they lead their livelihood and meet up the expanses of their families.
To halt the spread of corona, the government stopped all haats of the district as a result, the cattle farmers of 165 chars in the district are in tension and anxiety with their sacrificial animals, they added.
Taking this in view, the authorities of valokini.com and GUK took initiative to sell the sacrificial animals of the char people through online they said adding that such initiative would help the interested people purchase sacrificial animals at reasonable prices and without any harassment.
CEO of Valokini.com Karamot Ullah Bipob said, anyone would see the sacrificial animals online and he or she would choose the sacrificial animal.
After negotiation, the client would send 25% money of the total value of the animal through Bkash or manually. As per their condition, the authorities of valokini.com or GUK would go to the house of the client before one or two days of Eid festival and handover the animal taking the rest of money, he added.
The minister also sought cooperation of all the concerned, especially the media men to popularize the online haat and thanked the organisers for introducing the online haat to help the char farmers sell their sacrificial animals at fair prices amid the corona pandemic situation.
