India, July 10 -- New Delhi

Delhi culture and tourism minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said that the Delhi government has decided to shut meat shops on the Kanwar Yatra route, and said that many of them were illegal.

Mishra was reviewing preparations for Kanwariyas, along with legislators Ajay Mahawar, Tilak Ram Gupta, Anil Sharma, Pradyumn Rajpoot and Sanjay Goel, from Apsara Border to Karol Bagh.

"The decision on meat shops is a decision of the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). It has been decided that they will remain shut," Mishra told reporters during the inspection, adding that several of the meat shops were illegal too. "No such shop will be opened and there is no exemption," he said.

However, no ...