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Poultry from Kerala banned from entering the Nilgiris

The entry of all poultry and poultry products from Kerala and Karnataka has been banned in the Nilgiris.

Since the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Alappuzha in Kerala was confirmed, measures have been initiated to prevent the entry of any poultry or poultry products through any of the eight interstate border checkposts that separate the Nilgiris from Kerala and Karnataka. Of the eight, one checkpost at Kakkanallah seperates the Nilgiris from Chamarajanagar in Karnataka.

Speaking to The Hindu. Dr. S. Sathianarayanan, Regional Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Nilgiris District, said that entry of vehicles carrying poultry had been stopped at Kakkanallah too as vehicles from Kerala could pass into Chamarajanagar and proceed to the Nilgiris.

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