Statesman News Service
MALDA, Aug 5: The Malda district administration at present is not in a position to compensate a sum of Rs 500 to each bird flu victim who handed over poultry for culling in March because of the state authorities. Though the district had sent the list of beneficiaries and other additional expenses for conducting culling operations and mopping up drive but funds were yet to be sanctioned for English Bazaar, said an administrative officer. The Malda administration had collected more than 23,572 poultry from English Bazaar and a part of Old Malda during the collection and moping up drive. They made a spot compensation of Rs. 2,14,448 to the victims. The administration had also enlisted 1242 families as beneficiaries to provide compensation of Rs. 500 to start fresh rearing of chickens as per the announcement of the state government. It may be recalled that the Malda Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce (MMCC) had demanded compensation for the retail traders who could not do business for three months after detection of Bird Flu virus at a state poultry farm in March 2008. “But the administration did not enlist them to provide compensation”, alleged MMCC members. Poultry and egg selling within three km radius of state poultry farm was banned till 10 July 2008. The traders had openly started their poultry business here from the last week of June.
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