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Bird Flu Gorakhpur, January 31 “Now, no poultry product would be allowed to pass through Barhailganj, Tamkuhi, Nautanva and Varanasi check posts from Bihar and Nepal,” deputy director of Animal Husbandry Dr Markandey today told UNI. Necessary directives had been passed and medical teams set up as other precautions, he added. The medicos are also spreading awareness about Bird Flu in the area. Besides the road route, restriction has been imposed on the entry of poultry product from West Bengal, Bihar and Nepal through railways. Till now, no case of the epidemic has come to light in UP, Markandey informed. With the Bird Flu threat looming large over UP, thousands of chiken imported from West Bengal were buried alive in Shajahanpur yesterday. The action came in wake of the report of the transportation of about 257 cases of chicken (about 10,000 pieces) by Bibhuti Express to Varanasi from Burdwan in West Bengal on January 26. Besides, orders had been passed to bury other 8,000 chiken at the earliest. Earlier, UP government had issued a high alert across the state, following reports of chicken from West Bengal being smuggled in some parts of the state. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, is one of the biggest consumer of poultry products in the country with about 300,000 chicken and nearly 15 million eggs consumed every day. — UNI
Kolkata, January 31 Darjeeling magistrate Rajesh Pandey said 38 chicken died at Takdah village of Darjeeling district in north Bengal last night. Blood samples have been sent to a laboratory for testing and the administration would chalk out an action plan after getting the result, he said. As many as 5.80 lakh birds have been culled in Murshidabad district so far with 50,000 remaining to be eliminated, said district magistrate Subir Bhadra. Culling was mostly done in Samserganj, Beldanga and Kandi block areas. Ninety per cent culling was over in west Midnapore district, where bird flu was spotted in Debra block, district officials said. However, rains and intense cold were hampering the culling work, they said. Meanwhile, the state animal husbandry ministry has raised the culling target to 27 lakh following death of about 4,000 chicken in north 24 Parganas district bordering Kolkata yesterday. Although the district was not yet declared affected, culling operation has been undertaken as a preventive measure. “As the target area is increasing every day it is impossible to say how many chicken will have to be killed,” ARD minister Anisur Rehman said.
— PTI
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