Centre asks WB govt to take stern measure to curtail bird flu
New Delhi, Jan 17 : The West Bengal Government has been asked by the Centre to take stern measures at village level to curtail the spread of avian influenza in the other parts of the country.
Union
Agriculture
Minister
Sharad
Pawar
said
"we
have
asked
the
West
Bengal
Government
to
take
corrective
action
in
every
city
and
village."
He
said
domestic
and
overseas
poultry
market
has
not
been
affected
much
by
the
disease,
and
added
that
there
is
no
major
impact
on
the
market.
The West Bengal Government has already begun culling of the birds in 105 villages and over 3.5 lakh birds in Birbhum and 26,000 in South Dinajpur District have been culled.
ANI
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Story first published: Friday, January 18, 2008, 15:35 [IST]