In view of the bird flu reports, Udham Singh Nagar district administration has asked the district health department officials to take precautionary measures to restrain the menace.
The spread of the flu can be checked if certain precautionary measures are taken on time and public awareness is raised, said Ashish Srivastav, ADM, Udham Singh Nagar, while reviewing things after reports of bird flu in Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar on Thursday.
The local media should be also taken on board on the awareness campaign, he said.
Also, the ADM asked the district health officials to constitute teams comprising health personnel and to train them to combat the disease.
At the same time, the district administration has asked the officials to monitor poultry farms across the district and to take prompt steps in case birds die in alarming number.
Also, it has asked the officials to keep it posted about the developing situation regularly.
The district administration also asked the district food supply department officials to keep an eye on the shops that sell poultry products and to conduct raids in the markets selling the same to ensure the buyers get quality products.