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Illegal meat shops bleeding BBMP of Rs 5 crore annually
Updated On: 13 October, 2011 06:47 AM IST | | Yacoob Mohammed
Only 2,109 stalls are registered with civic body, while actual number of shops is pegged at 10,000; officials feign ignorance about the issue
Only 2,109 stalls are registered with civic body, while actual number of shops is pegged at 10,000; officials feign ignorance about the issue
Around 8,000 illegal meat stalls have been making a killing in the city with near impunity for years and bleeding the exchequer of Rs 50 crore annually in the process.
When the BJP-ruled BMMP claims to be unaware of these butchery shops functioning right under its nose, opposition JD (S) corporators allege that civic body officials may be hand in glove with the wrongdoers.
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