Panic in Kolkata following reports of bird deaths
Some bird deaths in Friday triggered panic among residents even as culling operations in bird flu-hit areas of Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts continued at a slow pace.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: Some birds were found dead in southern and eastern parts of the city on Friday, triggering panic among residents even as culling operations in bird flu-hit areas of Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts continued at a slow pace.
Residents panicked at the sight of dead birds like crows and owls and a civic team moved round the metropolis to collect bird carcasses.
"We are informing the state health department to assess whether the deaths were usual or unusual," a civic department official said.
Concern was voiced at Sealdah and Kalighat market areas in central and southern parts of the city yesterday following reports of death of caged birds, alarming shopkeepers, who downed shutters.
Animal Resources Development (ARD) Minister Anisur Rahman said bird flu had spread to Murshidabad district where adequate precautions had been taken.
Lack of awareness on the part of bird owners and villagers had been hampering culling operations in most of the affected areas and a campaign was launched to convince villagers that government will pay compensation for the bird loss, he said.
Alert was sounded along the Indo-Bangla border at Bongaon and Petrapole areas, where BSF and ARD personnel were coordinating in spraying disinfectants in vehicles entering the country from Bangladesh.
The Union Livestock Commissioner S K Bandopadhyay will hold a meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Rahman and other officials during the day to review the situation arising out of the avian influenza outbreak in the state, official sources said.
Residents panicked at the sight of dead birds like crows and owls and a civic team moved round the metropolis to collect bird carcasses.
"We are informing the state health department to assess whether the deaths were usual or unusual," a civic department official said.
Concern was voiced at Sealdah and Kalighat market areas in central and southern parts of the city yesterday following reports of death of caged birds, alarming shopkeepers, who downed shutters.
Animal Resources Development (ARD) Minister Anisur Rahman said bird flu had spread to Murshidabad district where adequate precautions had been taken.
Lack of awareness on the part of bird owners and villagers had been hampering culling operations in most of the affected areas and a campaign was launched to convince villagers that government will pay compensation for the bird loss, he said.
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Alert was sounded along the Indo-Bangla border at Bongaon and Petrapole areas, where BSF and ARD personnel were coordinating in spraying disinfectants in vehicles entering the country from Bangladesh.
The Union Livestock Commissioner S K Bandopadhyay will hold a meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Rahman and other officials during the day to review the situation arising out of the avian influenza outbreak in the state, official sources said.
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