Dhaka, June 15 -- The country's industries, madrasas and orphanages have preserved over 2.5 million rawhides so far this Eid-ul-Azha season, according to the commerce ministry.

With the supply of 30,000 tonnes of salt to these institutions and other organisations, the rawhides could have been preserved properly.

A total of 0.466 million cow, buffalo, and goat hides have been preserved in Dhaka's Posta area and at the BSCIC Leather Industrial Estate of Savar by the tannery owners.

Meanwhile, 2.05 million hides have been preserved across the six divisions outside Dhaka -- Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal, Rangpur, Khulna, and Chattogram -- bringing the total number of preserved hides to 2.52 million, according to the Commerce Ministry.

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