Odisha reports bird flu outbreak, over 5,000 chickens culled
Bhubaneswar (PTI): More than 5,000 chickens were culled in Odisha after the H5N1 strain of avian influenza or bird flu was detected in the Pipili area of Odisha's Puri district, an official said on Sunday.
After mass deaths of chickens at a poultry farm in Pipili, the state government had sent a veterinary team, which collected samples and sent those for testing, he said.
After the samples came back as positive, the government started culling chickens in the farm and the locality on Saturday, he added.
While 300 chickens were culled on Saturday, more than 4,700 were culled on Sunday, said Jagannath Nanda, the additional director of disease control.
A total of 20,000 birds will be culled in Pipili, he said.
Rapid response teams have been engaged to cull the birds and bury them, he said.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Joint Director Manoj Patnaik said that all birds within the 1 km radius of the poultry will be culled and the farm will not be allowed to stock chicken for another five months.
The farmers will be provided compensation as per the guidelines, he said.
While for one small chicken, they will get Rs 20, for bigger ones, the compensation is Rs 60, Patnaik said.
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra lodges complaint with Lokpal against SEBI chief
Kolkata(PTI): TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday lodged a complaint with the Lokpal against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch alleging "quid pro quo arrangements which potentially threatens national interests".
"My LokPal complaint against Ms. Puri-Buch been filed electronically & in physical form. LokPal must within 30 days refer it to CBI/ED for a preliminary investigation and then a full FIR enquiry. Every single entity involved needs to be summoned & every link investigated," she posted on X.
In a three-page letter, Moitra said as the issue concerns national interests and the interest of the crores of investors, the matter needs to be investigated.
US short-seller Hindenburg Research in August alleged that it suspects SEBI's unwillingness to act against the Adani Group may be because of its head Madhabi Puri Buch had stakes in offshore funds linked to the conglomerate - an allegation slammed by the SEBI head as "baseless" while Adani Group said it never had any commercial relations with Buch.
Hindenburg alleged that Buch and her husband had undisclosed investments in obscure offshore funds in Bermuda and Mauritius, the same entities allegedly used by Vinod Adani, the elder brother of group chairman Gautam Adani, to round-trip funds and inflate stock prices.
The TMC had earlier demanded that SEBI chairperson should be suspended.
