Eid 2020 Shopping

Srinagar: Eid shopping reached a feverish pitch in Srinagar city and other towns of the Kashmir Valley on Monday as shoppers thronged markets, literally choking most of the traffic arteries in the old city. True to this spirit, Kashmiris thronged bakeries, mutton and poultry shops, departmental stores, ready-made garment shops and shops selling mobile phones, refrigerators and freezers to buy every imaginable thing that can add to the festivities of Eid-ul-Fitr that falls on Wednesday. Eid-ul-Fitr has a special significance for Muslims as it comes after 30 days of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Most interior and even main roads have been choked by makeshift bakery shops, pavement sellers, cart sellers and vendors of all imaginable kinds in Srinagar. In this rapture of festivity and joy, prices seem to be nobody’s priority. "All that the buyers are worried about is the availability of things they want to buy, prices seem to be nobody’s concern," said Muhamma...

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar - Markets in Srinagar and other towns in the Kashmir Valley wore a festive look on Friday as Eid shopping reached a high pitch with bakers, sacrificial animal sellers and hosiery shops doing brisk business. Makeshift bakery shops, pavement vendors and hawkers carting their goods have choked all the major roads in Srinagar as traffic policemen threw up their hands surrendering to the merriment of buyers and sellers. Prices were nobody's bother and it looked as if the various regulatory authorities had decided not to play spoilsport while Eid shoppers emptied their purses to the demands of the shopkeepers. Officials of the consumer affairs and public distribution department, however, asserted that market checking squads were out to control prices, but because of staff shortages they were not very conspicuous. Sacrificial animal markets have come up at every imaginable space in the city wherever a herd of sheep and goats can be parked. The tra...