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Of 562 applications received in the past two months in Agra, only 26 have been granted licences so far. Agra: Two months after crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses and meat shops in UP soon after chief minister Yogi Adityanath took over the reins of the state, opening a meat shop is still proving to be an uphill task in the state. A spot visit by the FSDA is also required to check whether shops are adhering to the prescribed rules or not. On the other hand, applicants are now alleging harassments at the hand of officials.Sarvadaliya Muslim Sangharsh Samiti (SMSS) national president Haji Jaleemuddin Qureshi said, “The agencies involved in granting NOCs and licences are raising objections on flimsy grounds. The Allahabad high court in an order has fixed July 17 as the deadline to grant licences to deserving shops and slaughterhouses, but going by the pace of the work, it will take many months before licences would be issued.”“We have been demanding that people should be allowed to open shops near mosques, as we do not have any objections..