Bird flu: PIL accuses authorities of inaction

Ahmedabad | Tuesday | 17th January, 2017

Summary:

By this notification, the 1-kilometre area around the park has been declared bird flu-affected zone and the 10-km area an alert zone. The petitioner has demanded an inquiry into the process followed in dealing with bird flu outbreak in the city. It questioned who gave orders to bring birds to Memnagar and why the infected birds were not culled and buried outside the city. The bench has decided to hear the PIL on Tuesday. After filing the PIL on Monday, advocate Dholakia mentioned the matter before a bench of Chief Justice R S Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi and urged for urgent hearing..