Destined to perish— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR
Sad end: Thousands of chicks are abandoned in hatcheries in Guwahati on Saturday due to bird flu. The sale and purchase of poultry products have been banned throughout the northeast.
GUWAHATI: Culling operations in four bird flu affected districts of Assam continued on Saturday with more than 4.25 lakh birds exterminated so far.
The H5N1 virus has struck 120 villages in seven districts and the State government disbursed Rs. 1,27,85,216 as compensation to the poultry farmers, official sources said.
The government has decided to set up an expert committee to take appropriate measures to prevent similar outbreak among the avian population in future. For more…..
15.12.08
SAD INDEED
4.25 lakh birds culled in Assam
Destined to perish— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR
Sad end: Thousands of chicks are abandoned in hatcheries in Guwahati on Saturday due to bird flu. The sale and purchase of poultry products have been banned throughout the northeast.
GUWAHATI: Culling operations in four bird flu affected districts of Assam continued on Saturday with more than 4.25 lakh birds exterminated so far.
The H5N1 virus has struck 120 villages in seven districts and the State government disbursed Rs. 1,27,85,216 as compensation to the poultry farmers, official sources said.
The government has decided to set up an expert committee to take appropriate measures to prevent similar outbreak among the avian population in future. For more…..
Destined to perish— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR
Sad end: Thousands of chicks are abandoned in hatcheries in Guwahati on Saturday due to bird flu. The sale and purchase of poultry products have been banned throughout the northeast.
GUWAHATI: Culling operations in four bird flu affected districts of Assam continued on Saturday with more than 4.25 lakh birds exterminated so far.
The H5N1 virus has struck 120 villages in seven districts and the State government disbursed Rs. 1,27,85,216 as compensation to the poultry farmers, official sources said.
The government has decided to set up an expert committee to take appropriate measures to prevent similar outbreak among the avian population in future. For more…..
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