Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam said that online sacrificial
animal trading platform has been made more secure and customers would not be subjected to deceit.
The money that the customer deposits after selecting the cow online will be deposited in Bangladesh Bank till the cow is received. Once the customer has received the cow and informs Bangladesh Bank, the money will be released for the selling party to collect.
He made the comments at the inaugural function of 'DNCC Digital Cow Hat 2021' on the Zoom platform at noon on Sunday.
The mayor said that from now on, no customer will be deceived after buying the sacrificial animal online. Many a times, customers buy cows online in one way or another, but after delivery the cows are found different or sick.
The policy of holding the money until confirmation, has been taken to overcome such problems. Bangladesh Bank will provide overall support in this activity.
The DNCC mayor said that this time the target has been set to sell one lakh cows in the online market. Public from Dhaka South City Corporation, Narayanganj and surrounding areas will be able to buy cows from the online platform as well.
If this is implemented, no one will rush to the market to buy cows. The risk of Covid infection will be less.
He further said that this time, arrangements have been made to provide sacrificial services of one thousand cows under the management of DNCC.
Those who want to avail the services through DNCC will have to have to make a booking through the app by July 10.
On the day of sacrifice, the meat of the animal will be delivered to the respective houses under the supervision of
DNCC.
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and Bangladesh Dairy Farm Association (BDFA) have signed an agreement with DNCC on June 28 for the management of ‘digital haat’.
According to the agreement, the slaughtering of sacrificial animals sold through digital markets will be ensured: security, storage, adequate water, clean-up workers and veterinarians appointed for veterinary examination.
Local Government Minister Tajul Islam, Fisheries and Livestock Minister S M Rezaul Karim and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mostafa Jabbar were present at the inauguration.
Under the joint management of DNCC, e-CAB, BDFA, the digital animal market will be set up under the overall supervision of the Ministry of Commerce, Information Technology Department and ATUI.
The LGRD minister officially made the launch by booking a cow at the end of the event worth of one lakh 48 thousand from the platform for the upcoming Eid-Ul-Adha.
