Poultry Import Ban
Police seize truckload of chicks smuggled from Assam:
Imphal, Feb 3: With a ban imposed on the import of poultry and poultry products from outside the state in view of the bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, the Patsoi police seized altogether 6120 chicks which were being brought in from Assam along NH-53 on Sunday afternoon.
According to reports, the chicks were meant to be delivered to one Huidrom Ramcharan, who runs a chicken meat shop at Kwakeithel bazar.
The chicks, packed in 120 baskets, were brought in from Assam, via Jiribam on a Tata DI 207 truck registration no. MN01K-5783 and it was caught by the Patsoi police at around 12:35 pm at Keithelmanbi, on NH-53.
The entire load of chicks, along with the vehicle was later handed over by the police to the veterinary department.
It may be mentioned, as a precautionary measure against the possibility of spread of bird flu to the state, the state chief secretary, recently issued a notification asking all district DCs as well as all police stations to maintain vigilance to prevent entry of poultry and poultry products outside the state.
However, interestingly enough, the consignment of chicks was not intercepted at Jiribam, where it should have been as per the chief secretary’s instructions.
Veterinary department sources meanwhile affirmed that the consignment of chicks has been handed over to the department by the Patsoi police on Sunday afternoon at around 3:22 pm. The chicks would be culled tomorrow, the sources informed.
In view of the possibility of spread of bird flu again in the state, the sources also appealed to poultry farmers and poultry traders to stop importing poultry and poultry products from outside the state.
Imphal, Feb 3: With a ban imposed on the import of poultry and poultry products from outside the state in view of the bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, the Patsoi police seized altogether 6120 chicks which were being brought in from Assam along NH-53 on Sunday afternoon.
According to reports, the chicks were meant to be delivered to one Huidrom Ramcharan, who runs a chicken meat shop at Kwakeithel bazar.
The chicks, packed in 120 baskets, were brought in from Assam, via Jiribam on a Tata DI 207 truck registration no. MN01K-5783 and it was caught by the Patsoi police at around 12:35 pm at Keithelmanbi, on NH-53.
The entire load of chicks, along with the vehicle was later handed over by the police to the veterinary department.
It may be mentioned, as a precautionary measure against the possibility of spread of bird flu to the state, the state chief secretary, recently issued a notification asking all district DCs as well as all police stations to maintain vigilance to prevent entry of poultry and poultry products outside the state.
However, interestingly enough, the consignment of chicks was not intercepted at Jiribam, where it should have been as per the chief secretary’s instructions.
Veterinary department sources meanwhile affirmed that the consignment of chicks has been handed over to the department by the Patsoi police on Sunday afternoon at around 3:22 pm. The chicks would be culled tomorrow, the sources informed.
In view of the possibility of spread of bird flu again in the state, the sources also appealed to poultry farmers and poultry traders to stop importing poultry and poultry products from outside the state.