Bird flu detected in two Bengal districts

Siliguri: Bird flu has been detected afresh in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts and culling of 65,000 birds will begin on Sunday.

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 here on Saturday.

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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 had been opened at Pintal village here on the outskirts of the town, he said.

Over 20,000 birds were culled in Malda in mid-December after the H5N1 virus had been confirmed there.

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