No ban, but meat shops practise closure amid Kanwar Yatra row

Last week, a series of announcements triggered confusion and debate in the national capital over whether meat shops would be shut along the Kanwar Yatra route.

- YATHARTH VOHRA

NEW DELHI: A week later, no official order has been made public, leaving traders, residents, and observers wondering if this policy was real or just symbolic posturing.

With the yatra ongoing, questions remain about governance, legal overreach and the use of religious sentiment in civic regulation. However, meat traders are largely cooperating with what appears to be an unofficial expectation during the yatra, even though there is no formal order or recorded case of enforcement.