Summary:
Bird flu scare has badly hit poultry business all over the country, Pune is no exception.
The outbreak of avian flu in Maharashtra has hit the poultry industry hard with retailers and wholesale suppliers of chicken in the city claiming a 75%-80% drop in daily business.
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Bird flu scare has badly hit poultry business all over the country, Pune is no exception.
The outbreak of avian flu in Maharashtra has hit the poultry industry hard with retailers and wholesale suppliers of chicken in the city claiming a 75%-80% drop in daily business.
“I got only three customers in the past two days and sold less than five kg of chicken.
The total loss of business since the past week is already in some thousands of rupee,” said Poonam Sonwane, who runs a retail shop in Pimpri.
Vijay More, head of Amir Chicken suppliers, said, “This is a peak season for us and all poultry units run to their full capacity.
Lifting birds on time is necessary, otherwise the farmers will keep on investing in rearing chicken.
There has been no demand in the past three days.
On Wednesday, we supplied nine tonnes of chicken in the city as against our daily quota of 25-30 tonnes.”
Ali Sheikh, who owns a small eatery along Kondhwa Road, said.