KANGRA: The district authorities have directed the food safety officer and drug inspectors to keep vigil one meat and chicken shops in view of the bird flu scare in neighbouring Punjab.
Kangra District Chief Medical Officer (CMO) BM Gupta said a meeting chaired by him was held in Dharamsala yesterday and was attended by Medical Officer RS Rana, the district food safety officer, drug inspectors and other officers to discuss steps to be taken in view of the situation.
He said a video-conference meeting too would be organised in this connection in a day or so to strengthen surveillance in the district where thousands of migratory birds had arrived at the Pong Dam Lake.
The CMO said reports of the samples sent for tests were still awaited, but steps were being taken to keep vigil as a precaution.
Nearly 450 officers in charge of health sub-centres and hospitals in this district too have been put on alert to keep a tab on the health situation, Dr Gupta said.
Jawans of the SSB Training Centre at Sapri near Jwalamukhi had requested senior authorities to get meat and chicken tested before these were prepared for them as a part of their regular diet.
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