Chicken prices fall due to coronavirus crisis

LAHORE: The chicken prices have been facing significant fall due to the crisis emerged after coronavirus outbreak across the country.

Earlier, chicken meat was being sold for around Rs 260 per kilogram in the city, but now it is available for less than Rs 150 per kg in Punjab and Sindh provinces.

The poultry farmers’ owners said that they were facing huge losses. They said due to such a low price, they were finding it hard to meet even the expenses borne on raising the chicken.

Some of the poultry owners said they were considering quitting the poultry business due the situation, caused by the conornvirus outbreak.

They said a ban imposed on marriage and other functions at marriage halls due to fear of spread of coronavirus  was a major reason for low chicken prices, as the consumption of poultry meat had been reduced over 50 percent.