As bird flu strikes again in Bengal, the state government seems struggling to contain the outbreak.
The outbreak, which started in Khargram block in Murshidabad, has already spread to the neighbouring Kandhi block. The villagers have demanded an increase in compensation and alleged that they are yet to receive aid for the 2008 outbreak.
These include villagers from Borowan, Mahisar, Baliya, Kirtipur, Parulia, Khargram and Jaipur.
As culling teams visited Borowan on Tuesday, locals stopped them from taking away their hens and ducks. Despite police escorts, the teams could not enter the villages. There are 59 culling teams working in the area, most of whom have been given police escorts.
District Magistrate Perwez Ahmed Siddiqui said: “People are not handing over their domestic poultry, be it hens or ducks. They fail to realise that all their birds will die and there is a chance of human infection. They are not allowing the culling teams to work. We are conducting awareness camps and I am speaking to them.”
Source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/as-bird-flu-strikes-again-villagers-oppose-culling/569943/
The outbreak, which started in Khargram block in Murshidabad, has already spread to the neighbouring Kandhi block. The villagers have demanded an increase in compensation and alleged that they are yet to receive aid for the 2008 outbreak.
These include villagers from Borowan, Mahisar, Baliya, Kirtipur, Parulia, Khargram and Jaipur.
As culling teams visited Borowan on Tuesday, locals stopped them from taking away their hens and ducks. Despite police escorts, the teams could not enter the villages. There are 59 culling teams working in the area, most of whom have been given police escorts.
District Magistrate Perwez Ahmed Siddiqui said: “People are not handing over their domestic poultry, be it hens or ducks. They fail to realise that all their birds will die and there is a chance of human infection. They are not allowing the culling teams to work. We are conducting awareness camps and I am speaking to them.”
Source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/as-bird-flu-strikes-again-villagers-oppose-culling/569943/
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