They restricted the supplies of chicken from Chitwan -- the largest poultry producer in the country, saying that locally produced poultry products could not find market due to supplies from Chitwan. They said they wouldn´t let chicken produced in Chitwan enter Nawalpur unless around 10 tons of locally produced chicken is sold in the market.
As a part of their protest against poultry suppliers of other districts, Nawalpur locals also did not let a truck carrying chicken produced in Chitwan enter Mukundapur area of Nawalpur on Wednesday.
“Demand for chicken in Nawalpur area stands at around 30 trucks (15 tons) a month. We locally produce around five tons of chicken per month. We had to protest as poultry entrepreneurs are supplying chicken from outside even as chicken produced locally is not finding market,” said Dhanpati Gyawali, president of Nawalpur-based poultry farmers´ association.
However, Janak Man Shrestha, president of Poultry Market Management Association, alleged that Nawalpur locals were restricting transportation of chicken meant for Bhairahawa.
Poultry farmers in Nawalpur have set chicken price at Rs 103 per kg. Local traders are purchasing chicken from Chitwan´s suppliers who are selling chicken at the price lower than local producers.
Farmers are unnecessarily creating hassles in the supplies of chicken from Chitwan to forcefully sell their products at higher price without any competition, traders alleged.
Poultry producers based in Chitwan are facing obstacles in supplying their products to other districts for last three months due to unlawful imposition of quota system and disruption in supplies by poultry producers of other districts.
About three-month long restriction for the movement of poultry carrier from Chitwan to Kathmandu ended recently, following the protest by poultry entrepreneurs of Chitwan. However, the disruption in supplies has not ended completely, as locals in Lamjung, Tanahun, Kaski and Rupandehi districts are still creating hurdles in transportation of poultry products.
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