Mysuru; A day after Kerala declared the outbreak of bird flu (H5N8) in Kottayam and Alappuzha Districts as a State disaster, the Mysuru District Administration has banned transportation of poultry and other birds to Kerala from Mysuru and from Kerala to Mysuru through the Bavali checkpost in H.D. Kote taluk as a precautionary measure.
The orders were passed by Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri last evening following Animal Husbandry Department issuing a general alert to all Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Even the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued an alert.
