Statesman News Service
MALDA, 24 NOV: The district animal resources development (ARD) department had prepared a list of more than 6,000 families who would be compensated with Rs 500 each for rearing chicken after culling operation, when Bird Flu had surfaced at Satgharia village in English Bazaar block in December, 2008.
Though the department had sought funds from the state government, no fund has been allotted for them till date.
The deputy director of ARD in Malda, Mr NK Sit said: “We had sent the list of victims, more than 6,000 families, who offered their chicken for culling, but the fund was yet to be disbursed from the state level”.
“When the state government will sanction funds we must distribute it to them”, Mr Sit added.
Mr Sit, deputy director, informed that funds for the Bird Flu victims in Chanchal and English Bazaar have been distributed properly.
The first Bird Flu virus had surfaced in Chanchal and after a few months flu virus was detected in the state-run farms in English Bazaar town in March, 2008. The deputy director admitted that despite departmental assurance they could not provide other assistance to the Bird Flu victims by providing goats for rearing to make up for their losses.
“We could not provide such assistance even after assurance in Chanchal and other areas. But it would be implemented later. We have a ready scheme to distribute goats to the beneficiaries”, he added.
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