Click to play videoNew Delhi: The bird flu outbreak is suspected to have crossed to other areas of West Bengal. According to the WHO, it’s more serious than previous cases.
The bird flu has spread to other areas adjoining the two affected districts of Birbhum and South Dinajpur, but culling operations have remained rather slow.
It's day two of culling operations in Birbhum. The toughest job for health officials is convincing locals that they have to let the birds be killed to prevent bird flu from spreading. After a long wait, they give and leave without culling a single bird.
Margram, Khansama Para - the epicenter of bird flu outbreak in Birbhum. Villagers here have sent back a group of health officials who came to cull their birds. In a place where hundreds and thousands of birds have died in the last few days hardly any protection has been taken by these people.
Even those who have volunteered to help in the culling are not aware of basic precautions, handling infected birds with their bare hands and no protection. They blame the government for this.
Members of the culling team admitted the government's failure to react in time.
Bengal ARD Department official Dipak Manna says, “We have the necessary protection, but the villagers don't. The administration has not provided them with any."
And that could be the bigger problem as lakhs of infected chicken have yet to be slaughtered.
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