Culling worker reports sick, mopping up continuing in Malda
A culling worker who reported sick has been kept under observation in Malda district even as mopping up operations continued for the second day on Wednesday in bird flu-hit areas of the district.
By PTI |
MALDA (WEST BENGAL): A culling worker who reported sick has been kept under observation in Malda district even as mopping up operations continued for the second day on Wednesday in bird flu-hit areas of the district.
Fifty-eight-year-old Haripada Das, who had fever on the second day of culling operations, was thoroughly examined and his blood samples were sent for examination, official sources said today.
He was presently kept under observation, the sources said.
The mopping up operation began on Sunday to locate if there was any bird left in the affected areas in Englishbazar, Old Malda town and adjoining Sahapur, an ARD official said.
Altogether 1,178 birds were to be killed during yesterday's mopping up operations which was carried out with police escort.
Since the target could not be met yesterday, the operation was continuing today, the official said.
At least 23,000 birds were killed during culling and mopping up operations in the district till yesterday.
Though initially the ARD had set the culling target at 44,000, it slashed the figure to 23,500 claiming there was no fowl in the privately-run poultries in the wake of culling operation in January.
The five-day culling operation had begun on Thursday in the district after blood samples from the two areas sent to Bhopal Laboratory tested positive on March 19.
Malda is the second district after Murshidabad to be declared bird flu-hit in fresh outbreak in last nine days. The first bird flu attack was reported in the district's Chanchal-1 block in January.
Fifty-eight-year-old Haripada Das, who had fever on the second day of culling operations, was thoroughly examined and his blood samples were sent for examination, official sources said today.
He was presently kept under observation, the sources said.
The mopping up operation began on Sunday to locate if there was any bird left in the affected areas in Englishbazar, Old Malda town and adjoining Sahapur, an ARD official said.
Altogether 1,178 birds were to be killed during yesterday's mopping up operations which was carried out with police escort.
Since the target could not be met yesterday, the operation was continuing today, the official said.
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At least 23,000 birds were killed during culling and mopping up operations in the district till yesterday.
Though initially the ARD had set the culling target at 44,000, it slashed the figure to 23,500 claiming there was no fowl in the privately-run poultries in the wake of culling operation in January.
The five-day culling operation had begun on Thursday in the district after blood samples from the two areas sent to Bhopal Laboratory tested positive on March 19.
Malda is the second district after Murshidabad to be declared bird flu-hit in fresh outbreak in last nine days. The first bird flu attack was reported in the district's Chanchal-1 block in January.
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