The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory for restaurants and meat shops to categorise and display the meat being sold by them as ‘halal’ or ‘jhatka’, according to media reports.

The civic body on Wednesday passed a proposal regarding the matter during its House meeting, according to Hindustan Times. In the proposal, it said, “Thousands of restaurants are in operation in 104 wards of four zone falling under North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Out of these, meat is being served in about 90% of restaurants but it is not displayed by them whether the meat being served by the restaurants is halal or jhatka.”

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The proposal added, “Similarly, it is not ascertained about the meat being sold at meat shops that whether the same is halal or jhatka. According to Hindu and Sikhism, eating halal meat is forbidden and against religion. Therefore, this meeting resolves that this direction be given to restaurants and meat shops that it should be written mandatorily about the meat being sold and served by them that jhatka or halal meat is available here.”

While in jhatka, the animal is slaughtered in one go, in halal, the animal is slaughtered in a process that makes it slowly bleed to death. 

North corporation mayor Jai Prakash said, “Halal or jhatka meat can be seen written on the meat shops but such a practice is seldom seen in restaurants. So it is a healthy exercise to mention that halal or jhatka meat food is being served at the restaurants.”