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KHULNA, May 17, 2026 (BSS) - Khulna Deputy Commissioner Hoore Jannat today 
said no makeshift cattle market would be allowed on roads ahead of the 
upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha to avoid traffic congestion and public suffering.

She issued the directive while presiding over the monthly district 
development coordination meeting at her conference room here on Sunday.

The deputy commissioner also instructed UNOs to ensure that vehicles carrying 
sacrificial animals do not create traffic jams around cattle markets.

She asked the health department to keep sufficient stocks of rabies and 
measles vaccines.

Highlighting water management issues, Hoore Jannat said river dredging and 
canal excavation works must be given priority and warned against any 
manipulation in submitting progress reports on canal excavation activities.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Md Mizanur Rahman said the 
measles vaccination target for children has already been achieved and the 
vaccination campaign is still continuing.

District Livestock Officer Dr Md Shariful Islam informed the meeting that 
Khulna district has 1, 63,229 sacrificial animals available against a demand 
of 1, 54,456 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, leaving a surplus of 8,773 animals.

He said a total of 25 permanent and temporary cattle markets would operate in 
the district this year, while 31 veterinary medical teams have been kept 
ready to provide services at the markets.

The deputy director of the Islamic Foundation said the process of providing 
honorariums to imams, muezzins, khadems, priests, sebayets and heads and 
deputy heads of Buddhist monasteries is underway.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Bitan Kumar Mondal, officials of 
different government departments and members of the committee were present at 
the meeting.