Lok Sabha Question No. 695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Outbreak of Bird Flu
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.695

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2017

## OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLU

## 695. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  incidence  of  bird  flu  is  on  the  increase  in  some  parts  of  the  country  during  the  postmonsoon season in 2016;
- (b) if so, the details of the incidences of outbreak of bird flu in various parts of the country;
- (c) whether  any  casualties  have  been  reported  on  account  of  bird  flu  outbreak  in  various  parts  of  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has issued any health advisory to the people to protect themselves against bird flu infection and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for  culling  of  infected  birds,  etc.  to  curb  the  spread  of  the disease?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) and (b). The outbreaks of Avian Influenza have been reported from National Zoological Park, New Delhi, Gandhi Zoological Park, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Alappuzha and Kottayam districts of Kerala, Rajpura in Patiala district of Punjab, Hissar in Haryana, Bellary district in Karnataka, Khordha and Sundergarh districts in Odisha, Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Daman in Daman & Diu during the months of October, 2016 to January, 2017. The details of outbreaks reported after monsoon season are given in Annexure.

- (c) No case or death due to human avian influenza has been reported in the country.
- (d) For the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza H5N8, advisory has been issued to all the States/UTs by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. For managing the outbreak of Avian Influenza H5N1, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has a contingency plan which has been shared with all the States and UTs.
- (e)  For Control and Containment of Avian Influenza, the Government has an action plan on 'Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza', according to which all poultry population in one km radius of epicenter is culled so as to prevent the spread of the disease. In the aforesaid outbreaks of bird flu, the control and  containment  measures  were  carried  out  promptly  and  the  disease  was  controlled  at  the  source  in  the outbreaks. The control and containment operation is over at all the epicenters. The Post Operation Surveillance Plan (POSP) is in progress.

## Position of the outbreaks of Avian Influenza in India during post monsoon season 2016

|   Sr. No. | Period               | State Affected   | No. of birds culled (in lakhs)   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | 17th October, 2016   | Delhi*           | -                                |
|         2 | 21st October, 2016   | Madhya Pradesh*  | -                                |
|         3 | 24th October, 2016   | Kerala**         | 7.45345                          |
|         4 | 25th October, 2016   | Punjab**         | 0.00033                          |
|         5 | 3rd November, 2016   | Haryana**        | 0.00944                          |
|         6 | 10th November, 2016  | Karnataka**      | 0.00693                          |
|         7 | 26 th December, 2016 | Odisha**         | 0.01208                          |
|         8 | 3 rd January, 2017   | Gujarat**        | 0.01676                          |
|         9 | 7 th January, 2017   | Odisha**         | 0.01646                          |
|        10 | 7 th January, 2017   | Daman**          | 0.00017                          |
|        11 | 12 th January, 2017  | Gujarat**        | 0.00159                          |