Overview
- The Urban Development and Urban Housing Department issued a letter on January 21 instructing all municipal commissioners to close abattoirs on Thursday.
- The directive covers slaughterhouses in cities and towns across Gujarat under municipal jurisdiction.
- Officials were told to implement the closure to mark two years since the Ayodhya consecration known as Pran Pratishtha.
- The consecration took place on January 22, 2024, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led rituals to install the idol of Ram Lalla.
- According to a senior official, similar one-day closures were requested in 2024 and 2025 as well.