New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) The meat traders in the national capital today withdrew their nearly fortnight-long strike after the Supreme Court ticked them off for refusing to shift to the new slaughter house at Ghazipur and the authorities assured them of providing more facilities at the unit.

The traders had closed their shops in protest after the MCD shut down the 200-year-old Idgah slaughter house under an apex court order and shifted all operations to Ghazipur. The agitators had claimed the new abattoir lacks adequate facilities and has less than required capacity.

"The strike has been withdrawn and most of the meat shops in the city are now open. The traders will start going to the Ghazipur livestock market from Saturday," Mohd Qureshi, the president of Delhi Meat Merchants Association, told PTI.