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People in Uttar Pradesh march against the meat shops. They march holding a board of meat shop ban. One can see they stand in front of restaurants and local meat shops to protest. Not just buffalo meat, Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow is fast heading towards a non-vegetarian crisis as entire chicken, goat meat and egg markets have begun shutting down. Under the circumstances, vegetable prices, which were on the decline for last one week, are likely to register a steep hike. Buffalo meat is not an isolated commodity. It is the cheapest meat available. End of its sale will impact demand-supply ratio of chicken, meat, eggs, and vegetables and will lead to steep prices escalation of them. Which means, the non-veg food will become out of reach for many regular non-veg consumers. This footage is pa