Plush area in Ahmedabad West declared bird flue affected

Ahmedabad: After confirmation of presence of bird-flu virus in some of the ducks and guinea fowl birds in an animal rescue center in Memnagar area of the city, the district administration has declared one km area around it as a bird-flu affected zone.

10 km area around Memnagar has been declared as alert zone.

Earlier in the beginning of this month owing to similar reasons Hathijan area was also declared affected zone.

A notification issued by police commissioner A K Singh confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus (bird flu virus) in some of the birds kept in Sewadharm animal rescue center situated in Memnagar area in the plush western region of the city.

The notification also said that various activities including those related to poultry and eggs have also been imposed in the area.

Meanwhile all the birds in the center have been culled and safely buried there. Three volunteers of the center have been kept in precautionary isolation.

Local have however objected to the burial of the birds in the center situated in a residential area.

Earlier owing to such reasons, over 1500 birds were culled in Asha foundation animal rescue center in Hathijan.DeshGujarat