Srinagar, July 4 -- Kashmir's mutton crisis stands resolved after the Punjab government revoked the levy imposed on vehicles transporting livestock through the state, following the intervention of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

All Kashmir Wholesale and Retail Mutton Dealers Association president Khazir Mohammad Regoo announced on Friday that the dispute over the alleged "illegal" levy imposed on Kashmiri meat traders has been resolved.

Kashmir had been facing an acute shortage of mutton ever since the Punjab government imposed a 4 per cent tax on vehicles carrying livestock through the state.

"The matter has been resolved after the Punjab authorities revoked the levy," Regoo said.

He said the association had formed a coordination comm...