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Tripura bird flu: A ground report
4/12/2008 9:11:54 AM
The deadly Bird flu, which crippled West Bengal has now been detected in Tripura.
But lack of coordination and awareness is only doing more damage.
Times Now takes you to ground zero in Tripura's South-West districts, which is the latest epicentre of the dangerous Bird flu outbreak in India
.Tripura is the latest epicentre of the dangerous Bird flu outbreak in India
A panicky administration has jumped into action culling 25,000 birds in the 72 hours in Dhalai, Belonia and Katlamara. But as always the threat of the deadly virus spreading to other areas looms large and the locals blame the local authorities for this.
People are handling the infected chickens that are being culled. No one is warning the people of the dangers of this, the government is not helping.
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This is the second big outbreak of Bird flu in India.
Early in 2008, TIMES NOW took you to the neighbouring state of West Bengal where nine out of 13 districts were Bird flu affected. In the summer of 2007, Maharashtra's Nandurbar district fell prey to Bird flu.
Clearly India is confronted with a dangerous problem, that for various reasons range from administrative sloth and not to mention the lack of awareness refuses to go away.
What is surprising is the lack of awareness among the people in the state despite it being one of the most literate states in the country.
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