Compensation during mopping drive
Posted by barunroy on May 14, 2008
SILIGURI, May 13: The Darjeeling district administration has announced to continue awarding monetary compensation against culling of fowls during the mopping up drive also. The two-day long mopping up drive in the bird flu affected Matigara, Naxalbari (Siliguri) and Mirik (Kurseong) blocks in the district would begin tomorrow morning.
“Today we held a meeting to take stock of the overall bird flu scenario in the affected areas and also the outcome of the culling operations that was initiated last Saturday. In the said meeting, superceding the existent norms under special considerations, we decided to continue awarding the compensation during the two days of mopping up drive as well,” the Darjeeling DM, Mr Rajesh Randey said. Meanwhile, according to a district ARD source, during the four days of culling operations that concluded today, a total of 20,298 birds have been culled in across the 41 villages in the three affected blocks.
“More than 90 per cent birds in the affected areas have been culled and the rest would be covered within the two-day long mopping, which commen-ces tomorrow,” the source added. [The Statesman]
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