As many as 5,394 birds have died due to avian influenza- H5N1 in Himachal.
This includes around 5,000 migratory birds at Pong wetland in Kangra district while more than 300 crows and other native species have died in the state due to bird flu. According to the data tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, 5394 migratory or wild birds have died in the hill state due to bird flu till January 30. 90 percent of fatalities is reported among Bar-Headed Goose species of migratory birds.
The bird flu was detected at Pong Dam on January 4.
In neighboring Haryana, poultry birds have died due to the bird flu while both poultry and migratory birds have died due to the infection in Punjab.
As per the government’s data, 49936 poultry birds have died due to bird flu in Punjab while 88 migratory or wild birds were also reported dead due to the virus in the state.
While avian influenza was confirmed in samples of poultry birds in ten states namely Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, it was confirmed in samples of crow, migratory or wild birds in 13 states namely Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Bihar, the government has stated.