PTA hosts seminars to help hide preservation during Eid al-Adha
06/09/2016
Always a period of higher than usual animal slaughter activity and of hide and skin collection, Eid al-Adha takes place this year on the days around September 13.
PTA chairman, Gulzar Firoz, said lack of awareness and inadequate management of raw material had last year cost Pakistan almost $40 million because of the volume of hides and skins that went to waste.
This year, a number of seminars have taken place in Lahore and Karachi with the collaboration of UVAS and the PLCIP. The main aim was to raise awareness among hide and skin collectors of ways to preserve hides and skins during Eid al-Adha.
The association has indicated that improved knowledge of how to preserve raw materials is becoming more and more important. The Muslim calendar is shorter than the Gregorian calendar, which means the dates on which Eid al-Adha will fall in coming years will be increasingly close to the hottest part of the year.
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