The cull has not gone smoothly in North Dinajpur. Via The Statesman: Agitation brings culling to a halt. Excerpt:
Culling in bird-flu affected Daspara and Ghinnigaon, under Chopra police station, North Dinajpur district, was delayed for hours yesterday due to an agitation by villagers demanding spot payment against the killed birds.
Culling restarted only when the deputy director of the North Dinajpur animal husbandry department, Mr Sajal Bhuniya, conceded to the demands for on-the-spot compensation.
After bird flu was detected in Daspara and Ghinni gaon in Chopra, the district administration decided to kill around 14,000 birds at several villages in the region.
The animal husbandry department was to provide payment to beneficiaries from the local panchayat office after the completion of the culling. Demands by villagers that payment be provided on the spot against the culled birds were rejected by the concerned officials.
However, when culling teams reached the villages yesterday evening and began killing birds, a section of villagers turned up and started an agitation, demanding spot payment against the culled birds.
The agitation halted the culling process for several hours. Culling restarted only when the deputy director of the North Dinajpur animal husbandry department, Mr Sajal Bhuniya, conceded to the villagers' demands.This happens so often in India and other countries that you would think even the dullest bureaucrat would get the point by now: Cull the chickens and ducks after you buy them, just like any other customer.
