The bird flu situation in the country is under control and localised and the media should thus exercise restraint in its reportage, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said. | |
| "The media has blown a localised event out of proportion without realising that such exaggeration of facts will impact the rural economy," Pawar said. |
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| "I must reiterate that there is nothing to worry and the situation is completely under control." Culling operations were on at the affected villages of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, he said. |
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| A total of 17,150 birds were culled in four talukas of Jalgaon till Wednesday. The government had ordered culling of about 75,000 birds in the affected region. |
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| The state governments of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have already stepped up surveillance against bird flu. |
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