Poultry, mutton prices up 20% over sudden increase in winter demand

The price of poultry products and mutton have risen by up to 20 per cent in a month, due to a sudden increase in consumer demand with a record fall in temperature this winter.

Mutton is retailing here at Rs 600 a kg, from Rs 500 a kg about a month before. That of broiler chicken is  Rs 150-160 a kg, as compared to Rs 130 a kg earlier.  

The demand for mutton, chicken and eggs normally increases with onset of winter. The minimum temperature in Delhi was three degress celsius two days ago, the lowest for that day for a century.

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