KOLKATA: Several districts in south and central Bengal have reported popular poultry deaths over the past few days that have led to a pointy drop in the supply of chicken to Kolkata markets and caused a price upward thrust.
Dressed chicken, which was once being sold at Rs 150-Rs 180 a kg 20 days in the past, sold at Rs 210-Rs 250 a kg on Friday. Poultry house owners and traders have blamed the sudden and fast fluctuation in temperature for the deaths and the situation, they added, isn't prone to toughen unless there is a alternate in climate stipulations.
“I've by no means seen a scenario like this sooner than,” Pratap Ghosh, secretary, West Bengal Poultry Traders Association told TOI. “The mortality in lots of the poultry farms throughout Hooghly and Midnapore is almost 100% and traders face a disaster. It is undoubtedly a pandemic assault but we cannot verify if it is fowl flu that has hit the farms,” Ghosh added.
However, West Bengal Poultry Federation (WBPF) normal secretary Madan Mohan Maity put the blame squarely on the vagaries of nature. “Flowers like Land Lotus have started blooming now, something I've by no means seen. The Land Lotus blooms in autumn. We don’t know if it is global warming but our trade has been hit badly by the elements.”
Hooghly and Midnapore districts are the two largest broiler chicken suppliers to Kolkata — by a long way the biggest chicken-consuming district in the state. “My complete poultry production has been burnt up in 15 days and no drugs or vaccine could save a single chick,” mentioned Babusona Roy of Dighirpar in Hooghly. Malay Nandi of Goghat in Hooghly has been luckier. He could save with regards to 20% of his stock, which he sold under distress.
West Bengal Poultry Federation is peeved on the gap between the retail worth they've announced and the fee at which dressed chicken is being sold in Kolkata markets. “Numerous outlets rate shoppers unfairly when chickens die in poultry farms and the provision is hit. On Friday, WBPF has mounted the price of dressed chicken at Rs 190. So, outlets must not sell chicken past Rs 200 a kg. But a lot of traders are selling chicken at a higher margin,” mentioned Maity.
Retailer Bibhuti Shaw sold chicken at Rs 250 per kg at Lake Market on Friday. “The supply of chicken is now not up to 25 per cent of what was three weeks in the past. Moreover, chickens are dying in our cages as smartly. The loss is thus piling up. We cannot sell chicken at a lower cost,” he mentioned.
Pintu Bhattacharya, a senior supervisor of one of the vital two primary chick supplying companies mentioned, “The disaster is in large part on account of poultry operators not following the protocols for elevating the chicks. This is the time when even a slight negligence can result in high mortality in the farms.”
“The govt sells chicken at Rs 140 per kg at Haringhata. This is the government mounted retail worth. But personal hatcheries stay jacking up worth on any pretext. We have won no grievance of chicken mortality throughout Bengal,” mentioned Swapan Debnath, minister of the state, animal assets building.
Dressed chicken, which was once being sold at Rs 150-Rs 180 a kg 20 days in the past, sold at Rs 210-Rs 250 a kg on Friday. Poultry house owners and traders have blamed the sudden and fast fluctuation in temperature for the deaths and the situation, they added, isn't prone to toughen unless there is a alternate in climate stipulations.
“I've by no means seen a scenario like this sooner than,” Pratap Ghosh, secretary, West Bengal Poultry Traders Association told TOI. “The mortality in lots of the poultry farms throughout Hooghly and Midnapore is almost 100% and traders face a disaster. It is undoubtedly a pandemic assault but we cannot verify if it is fowl flu that has hit the farms,” Ghosh added.
However, West Bengal Poultry Federation (WBPF) normal secretary Madan Mohan Maity put the blame squarely on the vagaries of nature. “Flowers like Land Lotus have started blooming now, something I've by no means seen. The Land Lotus blooms in autumn. We don’t know if it is global warming but our trade has been hit badly by the elements.”
Hooghly and Midnapore districts are the two largest broiler chicken suppliers to Kolkata — by a long way the biggest chicken-consuming district in the state. “My complete poultry production has been burnt up in 15 days and no drugs or vaccine could save a single chick,” mentioned Babusona Roy of Dighirpar in Hooghly. Malay Nandi of Goghat in Hooghly has been luckier. He could save with regards to 20% of his stock, which he sold under distress.
West Bengal Poultry Federation is peeved on the gap between the retail worth they've announced and the fee at which dressed chicken is being sold in Kolkata markets. “Numerous outlets rate shoppers unfairly when chickens die in poultry farms and the provision is hit. On Friday, WBPF has mounted the price of dressed chicken at Rs 190. So, outlets must not sell chicken past Rs 200 a kg. But a lot of traders are selling chicken at a higher margin,” mentioned Maity.
Retailer Bibhuti Shaw sold chicken at Rs 250 per kg at Lake Market on Friday. “The supply of chicken is now not up to 25 per cent of what was three weeks in the past. Moreover, chickens are dying in our cages as smartly. The loss is thus piling up. We cannot sell chicken at a lower cost,” he mentioned.
Pintu Bhattacharya, a senior supervisor of one of the vital two primary chick supplying companies mentioned, “The disaster is in large part on account of poultry operators not following the protocols for elevating the chicks. This is the time when even a slight negligence can result in high mortality in the farms.”
“The govt sells chicken at Rs 140 per kg at Haringhata. This is the government mounted retail worth. But personal hatcheries stay jacking up worth on any pretext. We have won no grievance of chicken mortality throughout Bengal,” mentioned Swapan Debnath, minister of the state, animal assets building.
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