East Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Shyam Sundar Agarwal said on Tuesday that closure of meat shops in the city during Navratri festival would promote harmony.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan on Monday said that meat shops will not be allowed to open from Tuesday during Navratri till April 11.
"No such orders have been issued by the government. The districts from where such reports are coming, ask them from where these orders have come," Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal said.
Meat shops in Delhi should be shut during the "auspicious period of Navratri devoted to Goddess Durga", the South Delhi Municipal Corporation said Monday, adding that devotees during these nine days abstain from use of non-vegetarian food.