Mysore/Mysuru: With just a few days remaining for Bakrid Festival, COVID pandemic has cast a shadow over the sale of sheep as the sales have remained dull with sheep traders, who had brought their livestock to city waiting for customers. The LIC Circle in city, which used to be a spot of hectic activity with traders thronging the Circle with their livestock 15 days before the festival to do business, is wearing a dull look with just a few sheep traders waiting to do business.
Usually, sheep rearers and traders from various districts used to come to city to do business. Traders used to purchase sheep from Chamarajanagar, Bannur, Mandya, Malavalli and Hassan and bring the sheep to Mysuru and conduct good business at Kurimandi in Naidu Nagar, Bannimantap and other places in city. People used to buy sheep at a cost of Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 50,000 per sheep depending on the size and breed.
