AURANGABAD: With an aim to allay fears about bird flu and win the confidence of customers with regard to consumption of
poultry products,
traders organised a chicken festival at Vasanwadi village on the outskirts of
Beed on Friday afternoon.
Organisers prepared dishes like
biryani, various types of kebabs and other delicacies to atrract commoners . Authorities from the animal husbandry department and veterinary medicos also attended the event.
Amid reports of poultry birds getting infected in some parts of the state, the state government issued instructions to administrations to take concrete steps in allaying the fear among citizens as rumours were taking a direct toll on the poultry businesses within and outside the state.
District animal husbandry officer Vijay Deshmukh, who attended the event, said, “Properly cooked food rules out the possibility of any infection, which is nothing but a rumour in at least this area.”
Dharmaraj Falke, one of the organisers of the festival, said, “The poultry farmers have already incurred losses in the initial days of the outbreak of Covid-19. The current rumours which have surfaced, following the outbreak of bird flu, has taken a toll on poultry business.”