SILIGURI: Bird flu has been detected afresh in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts and culling of 65,000 birds will begin on
The epicentres of the avian influenza in Darjeeling district were Benoy Krishna Palli village under Matigara village of Siliguri sub-division and Pubang village under sadar sub-division in the hills, District Magistrate Surendra Gupta told a press conference in Siliguri.
Altogether 30 culling teams would start work in full swing from Sunday morning, Gupta said.
A control room headed by a deputy director of Animal Husbandary has been opened at Pintal village on the outskirts of the town, he said.
Gupta said there was no notification to stop sale and consumption of birds and poultry products outside the five km radius of the two epicentres.
Rs 50 lakh has been allotted for culling operations which included 34 wards under Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
Bird flu has also been confirmed in adjacent gram panchayats one and two in Fulbari in Jalpaiguri district, its DM Bandana Yadav said.
Ten culling teams had been formed and 4000 birds would be culled from tomorrow, she said.
Earlier, over 20,000 birds were culled in Malda in mid-December after the H5N1 virus was confirmed in the north Bengal district.
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