Bird flu scare: Culling to be completed in Bengal on Saturday
Mopping drive is underway in West Bengal to complete the culling operations in the bird flu-affected districts of the state on Saturday, with steps being taken to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: Mopping drive is underway in West Bengal to complete the culling operations in the bird flu-affected districts of the state on Saturday, with steps being taken to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
State Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rehman said that in Berhampore, 27 lakh birds were culled till Saturday, when the remaining one lakh would be culled.
After culling ends in areas hit by the avian influenza, all possible measures would be taken to disinfect the cooperatives, the residence of poultry owners and their neighbourhood, he said.
Amid reports of culling teams leaving without undergoing the mandatory quarantine in Murshidabad and Birbhum districts, the Centre has directed the state government to "call back such teams and ensure that they undergo procedural checks and the quarantine period".
A comprehensive list containing the names of persons whose poultry had either died of the disease or culled will be compiled very soon for compensation, he said.
For compensation, no difference will be made between APL and BPL families, he said.
The state government, he said, will take up with the Centre the issue of waiving of loans for women of self help groups who had taken bank loans for setting up poultry business.
The Centre, he said, should unearth the reason behind the outbreak of the disease in West Bengal which might have been caused by the movement of cattle and people across the border in certain points.
State Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rehman said that in Berhampore, 27 lakh birds were culled till Saturday, when the remaining one lakh would be culled.
After culling ends in areas hit by the avian influenza, all possible measures would be taken to disinfect the cooperatives, the residence of poultry owners and their neighbourhood, he said.
Amid reports of culling teams leaving without undergoing the mandatory quarantine in Murshidabad and Birbhum districts, the Centre has directed the state government to "call back such teams and ensure that they undergo procedural checks and the quarantine period".
A comprehensive list containing the names of persons whose poultry had either died of the disease or culled will be compiled very soon for compensation, he said.
For compensation, no difference will be made between APL and BPL families, he said.
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The state government, he said, will take up with the Centre the issue of waiving of loans for women of self help groups who had taken bank loans for setting up poultry business.
The Centre, he said, should unearth the reason behind the outbreak of the disease in West Bengal which might have been caused by the movement of cattle and people across the border in certain points.
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