The Angul district administration on Tuesday ordered culling of poultries and chickens in some areas, from where blood samples taken and tested in Bhopal, were found H5-N1 positive.
The samples were sent for test after death of chickens was reported from some parts of the district. The Collector convened an emergency meeting at his residential office and discussed the issue with concerned officials.
It was decided to destroy chickens, hens and ducks along with their eggs in one kilometer radius of the affected areas. Similarly, it was decided to vaccinate the poultries in unaffected areas.
Five teams have formed to undertake culling of birds. Farmers will be paid compensation at Rs 90 per a layer hen and Rs 70 for other hens. likewise eggs would be procured at Rs 3.
Reports said about 1,600 hens in Goverenment farms have already died by now.