ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The first grand meat market will be established within a couple of months in Islamabad by Capital Development Authority (CDA).

The market was being set up at G-9 sector on the request of Al-Quresh Meat Sellers Association (AQMSA), Islamabad.

The authority also approved a separate slaughter house for sheep and goat in the premises of the main abattoir at Sihala.

The CDA senior official said some two months ago the association had asked the CDA to establish a separate slaughter house in the urban area of Islamabad so that illegal ones could be eliminated.

The association members informed the CDA that a number of illegal abattoir have been established in Islamabad where animals are slaughtered in unhygienic conditions and the meat sent to the market without medical inspection by a doctor.

He said the meat would be sent to the meat market and then sold to the butchers, meat sellers and consumers.

With the establishment of the meat market, people would get fresh and medically approved meat, the CDA official said.

However, the CDA turned down the AQMSA plea for a new slaughter house in urban area of Islamabad.

The authority had agreed to provide four kanals of land for the meat market and the shops would be set up by the meat sellers.

The association said the abattoir at Sihala was now insufficient to meet the requirements of the two cities.

Hundred of buffaloes, goats and camels are slaughtered daily at Sihala for supplying clean meat to the twin cities.

The CDA chairman Mir Laiq Shah asked the abattoir administration to discuss the facilities needed to improve it.

Meanwhile, the residents of Humak and Sihala have lodged a number of complaints with the CDA regarding unhygienic conditions within and outside the slaughter house.