The livestock Department has asked all private poultry farm owners within and outside Raipur not to allow workers from their farms to visit each other’s facility as a precautionary measure for the next two to three months in view of Avian flu being confirmed in two poultry farms of the State.
The Department also directed the poultry farm owners not to allow outsiders to enter the premises of their farms. A meeting of the private poultry farm owners was held with Director, livestock Department Dr S K Pandey here on Wednesday to discuss precautions to be taken by the poultry farm owners in view of the Avian flu being confirmed in the poultry farms in Anjora of Durg district and Bastar region. The private poultry farmers complained in the meeting that they were being asked to close poultry farms and stop transport of poultry animals in the district, it was learnt.