Thousands of chicks were thrown by a poultry farm owner in Manjhiaon of Garhwa district of his farm at the bank of Koyal River due to coronavirus fear. Poultry farm owner Krishna Mehta, loaded around 2,000 chickens, all about a month old in a truck and dumped the live birds at the bank of river near Prithvichak village in open.
Ahmed said that poultry farmers are facing huge losses due to coronavirus outbreak. Earlier, live chicken was sold at Rs 50-70 per kg and that was profitable but right now, the prevailing price is Rs 10, he said. He further added that he could not sell at such a loss and also wasn't able to take care of the birds. It is being said that the owner of the poultry farm threw the living chickens, but all died in the rain and hail. Thankfully, after the torrential rains, the river Cuckoo was buried and swept away all the chickens.