Agarmalwa: The situation continues to remain alarming in Madhya Pradesh after carcasses of more than 120 crows were found in Agarmalwa on Sunday, a day after 83 crows were found dead in Indore, which was blamed on bird flu virus.
The forest department and animal husbandry have raised an alert after the detection of avian flu which has killed birds in Madhya Pradesh. The matter came to the fore when the health officials were conducting a search operation in the wake of avian flu.
During the search operations, 25-30 carcasses of crows were found buried in the pits in Chhavani. The crows were sanitised prior to burying.
The municipal corporation has now found the carcasses of 125 crows buried in pits in various areas of the district and the sample of two crows have been sent to Bhopal for post-mortem.
Curfew was imposed in 5 kilometres radius after 96 crows were found dead in the state in the last few days, putting the authorities on alert, a civic health official said on Friday.
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Municipal health officer Basant Dulganj said, "From the past few days, crows have been found dead and their samples have been sent for autopsy. The carcasses were found buried in pits."
"Nearly fifty crows were found dead on the campus of Daly College on Tuesday. Some of the carcasses were sent for tests to Bhopal. Two of them were found to be carrying the H5N8 virus and the rest had Avian influenza," Indore Chief Medical and Health Officer Poornima Gadaria had told reporters.
A survey is being conducted to trace those with cold, cough and fever in a radius of five kilometres in the plush Residency Area where the college is situated, she said.
The authorities have now launched a drive to identify those with suspected flu symptoms in the area.
Bird flu was first reported from Rajasthan's Jhalawad area where around 100 crows were found dead due to avian flu. Peacocks and other birds were also found dead in Kalwa village of Makrana sub-block in Nagaur district.
The central government has also issued an alert to the states, saying that samples need to be collected from areas where bird flu deaths are being reported.
