Bird flu: Suppliers, retailers say business down by 75-80%

  • | Thursday | 14th January, 2021

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.

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. “The demand since the past few days has gone drastically down, to two-three orders a day from 335-340 orders.”

The bird flu scare has also hit people living on their own in the city. Stul Karal, an IT professional sharing a one-bedroom flat in Vimannagar with his friends, said, “Preparing a simple chicken curry for a meal is the easiest option being single and busy at work. However, this sudden outbreak of bird flu in the state has made life difficult for us.”
Ravindra Joshi, also a bachelor living with a friend in Kondhwa, said, “It’s easy to make a quick breakfast or dinner with eggs or chicken. We have, however, read that if properly cooked, bird flu will not pose any threat.”


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