Siliguri, March 14 (IANS) With a fresh outbreak of avian flu reported from West Bengal's Darjeeling district, the administration Saturday evening began three days of culling poultry.
'Culling will take place within a three kilometre radius of Naxalbari. The areas from where avian flu was detected are Panighata and Chengapani,' sub-divisional officer Dibyendu Das said in Kurseong, 480 km from Kolkata.
In the last 15 days, around 150 birds died due to avian flu, Das told reporters.
Buying and selling of chicken have been banned within 10 km of the affected area to avoid further spread of the disease. About 14,000-15,000 chicken will be culled.
The samples of the affected birds were tested at Bhopal's High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory, which confirmed avian flu.
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