Staff Reporter :
The leaders of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association on Saturday expressed anxiety over uncertainty of collecting, purchase and preservation of raw hides this time due to the dilapidated condition of the roads towards the leather-based new industrial hub at Savar.
“There is a huge uncertainty over collection, purchase and preservation of raw-hides due to the broken roads towards the leather-based industrial hub at Savar,” Mahiuddin Ahmed Mahin, the association chairman, told a press briefing at its office at Dhanmondi in the capital city.
He said the roads from Hemayetpur Bazar to the leather industrial zone in Savar become impassable for transports as those are in a sorry state.
The roads might become more risky during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha for the trucks loaded with rawhides to ply, he feared.
“It is a must to mix salts with raw-hides within six hours. If it is not possible due to serious conditions of the roads, the raw-hides may be damaged. If any rawhide loaded truck fall in any accident on those broken roads it must create acute public sufferings,” Mahin said.
“The retailers brought rawhides to Hazaribagh every year. But from this year the administration prohibited entering of rawhides in Hazaribagh. In this situation, it will be tough to bring rawhides to Savar through those impassable roads,” said the leather sector body chief.
He also said, “Tanners must be careful to preserve the rawhides of the sacrificial cattle collected during the Eid-ul-Azha.”
The BFLLFEA leader warned against the possible price hike of salt during the Eid-ul-Azha.
“One sack of salt weighing 75 Kg sold at Tk 400-Tk 500 round the year. But during the Eid-ul-Azha the businessmen hike the price by Tk 1100- Tk 1200. As a result, many raw-hides were rotten last year due to exorbitant prices of salts. The government should keep eyes on the matter,” he suggested.
The leaders of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association on Saturday expressed anxiety over uncertainty of collecting, purchase and preservation of raw hides this time due to the dilapidated condition of the roads towards the leather-based new industrial hub at Savar.
“There is a huge uncertainty over collection, purchase and preservation of raw-hides due to the broken roads towards the leather-based industrial hub at Savar,” Mahiuddin Ahmed Mahin, the association chairman, told a press briefing at its office at Dhanmondi in the capital city.
He said the roads from Hemayetpur Bazar to the leather industrial zone in Savar become impassable for transports as those are in a sorry state.
The roads might become more risky during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha for the trucks loaded with rawhides to ply, he feared.
“It is a must to mix salts with raw-hides within six hours. If it is not possible due to serious conditions of the roads, the raw-hides may be damaged. If any rawhide loaded truck fall in any accident on those broken roads it must create acute public sufferings,” Mahin said.
“The retailers brought rawhides to Hazaribagh every year. But from this year the administration prohibited entering of rawhides in Hazaribagh. In this situation, it will be tough to bring rawhides to Savar through those impassable roads,” said the leather sector body chief.
He also said, “Tanners must be careful to preserve the rawhides of the sacrificial cattle collected during the Eid-ul-Azha.”
The BFLLFEA leader warned against the possible price hike of salt during the Eid-ul-Azha.
“One sack of salt weighing 75 Kg sold at Tk 400-Tk 500 round the year. But during the Eid-ul-Azha the businessmen hike the price by Tk 1100- Tk 1200. As a result, many raw-hides were rotten last year due to exorbitant prices of salts. The government should keep eyes on the matter,” he suggested.
