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Kolkata: Amidst the crackdown on meat sellers and slaughterhouses in six BJP-ruled states, the Mamata-govt is going against the general course of wind by starting ‘Meat on Wheelz’ – an initiative to provide non-vegetarian dishes at people’s doorstep in Kolkata.

According to several media reports, the West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited’s brand ‘Haringhata Meat’ has started this initiative.

‘Meat on Wheelz’ would sell frozen packaged food items of Haringhata, apart from their cooked non-veg food, an official said.

The project, which will run under a scheme by Animal Resources Development Department, will initially start with three vans.

Depending on the success of the pilot project’s response, more vans would be added later, said Swapan Debnath, Minister of ARDD on Monday.

Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concern about the crackdown on meat in Uttar Pradesh, where the protestors (meat sellers) have started large-scale protests against the government’s decision to shut down illegal and mechanised abattoirs.

In the past few years, the sales of Haringhata’s frozen food and cooked delicacies have spiked, said an official. He also said that the sales also benefit a great deal from annual Ahare Bangla food festival that is organised by West Bengal government.

The outlet now has a few branches across the city and it also deals with non-meat products like, eggs, pure mustard oil, ghee and honey.