Poultry products from AP allowed, arrive in Imphal

Source: Hueiyen News Service / Jiten Nameirakpam

Imphal, December 12 2008: TWO TRUCKS carrying consignment of poultry products including eggs and chickens brought from Andhra Pradesh were allowed to enter Manipur today by the Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Government of Manipur after properly checking the consignment, and later arrived in Imphal.

A team of officials and doctors of the Department of Veterinary and AH accompanied by media persons today went to Mao gate in Senapati district where awareness programme on bird flu was conducted.

The team from Imphal led by Dr K Gopal, Specialist (Diseases), advised the local people there to take utmost precaution to prevent bird flu from spreading in Manipur.

The team also instructed the security personnel manning the first checkpost at Mao gate to thoroughly check all consignments being brought in from outside the state to see if any poultry products including eggs and chicks from Assam were imported in defiance of the ban imposed by the government of Manipur.

The team also gave the security personnel strict instructions to dispose of any chicken, duck, eggs and feeds if they were brought from Assam immediately.

The authority instructed veterinary officer posted at Mao, Dr Louis Hungray to remain alert.

The team then went to the check post at Khujuma in Nagaland where the officials requested the security personnel there to stop and not to allow any consignment of poultry products from Assam into Manipur.

The team found two trucks carrying consignments of poultry products specially eggs at Mao gate.

On checking the trucks, it was found that the two consignments were being brought from Andhra Pradesh.

After properly checking, the consignments were allowed to proceed to towards Imphal.

In the late evening, it was learnt that the two trucks have reached their destinations in Imphal.

The consignments belonged to O Merajao & Sons and N Joykumar Friendship Enterprises.

However, the officials instructed the concerned security officers at Mao check post not to allow any consignments of poultry products from Assam to enter Manipur.