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Poultry farmers block feed to Indian province
Members of the Punjab Poultry Industry
Association (PPIA) have blocked the supply of poultry feed to Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) in protest against the ban imposed by the J&K Government on the
sale of poultry products from Punjab in the state due to bird flu
threat.
Members of district units of PPIA were ''performing the duty'' of blocking
the feed meant for Jammu and Kashmir.
G.S Bedi, president of the
Amritsar Poultry Industry Association, said the J & K government had imposed
the ban on February 21, and this decision had hit poultry industry in Punjab
very badly. "" Even though not even a single case of bird flu had been reported
from Punjab, the ban was still continuing", he added. He alleged that the
requests of the central and state governments and PPIA had fallen on deaf
ears.
Bedi said the protest would continue till the J&K
Government lifted the ban and restored the normal supply of poultry
products.
Editor WorldPoultry
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