With the advent of online stores and the mushrooming of retail marts, the once bustling meat markets of Bengaluru hardly have any customers these days, even as two prominent festivals where meat is used, Hosa Thodaku and Eid-ul-Fitr falling on April 10 and 11.
In Johnson Market, the low number of customers has been attributed to parking restrictions. Mohammed Shoaib, owner of K.H. Chicken Centre in Johnson Market, said: “There was a similar sale pattern last year. Because of less parking, fewer customers are coming now.”
The prices of the different varieties of meat too have only seen a slight increase as compared to the previous years, sellers reported.
