Hetauda, March 15

A meeting held at District Administration Office, Makawanpur, today decided to compensate the farmers of bird flu-hit area in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City and cull their chickens.

The meeting held in the presence of CDO Asman Tamang, along with poultry entrepreneurs, took the decision to provide compensation and cull 41,000 layer chickens. The meeting has formed a panel led by the CDO. The panel will fix the prices of live layer chicken at Rs 900 per kg, broilers at Rs 400, poultry feed at Rs 65 per kg and Rs 11 for each egg and submit the list to District Bird Flu Disease Control Technical Committee.