Over One Million Birds Killed by Storms in India….

The cost of chicken and eggs goes through the roof within the town, due to the harm suffered by the poultry trade because of the cyclone Hudhud. With the trade not showing any signs of immediate revival, costs ar seemingly to soar additional.

As on date, chicken is worthd at one hundred eighty rupees a kilogram as against its traditional price of one hundred forty rupees, with meat search house owners predicting that the value would reach two hundred rupees within the returning days. Similarly, eggs ar being sold-out for ‘six every as against ‘four and ar seemingly to the touch ‘seven, reports TheNewIndianExpress.

In the districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, there wont to be concerning seven million broiler chicken, a thumping sixty per cent of that died because of the cyclone, inflicting vast harm to poultry farms.

As a result, solely alittle amount of broiler chicken is incoming into the market. town itself needs one hundred fifty tonnes of broiler chicken per day. As there’s no chicken accessible within the district, it’s being brought from Godavari districts, thereby inflicting deficiency there.

“At this rate, the worth is bound to travel up additional. it’s going to even transcend ‘200 per kilogram,” says Muhammad Arif, a meat seller at Isukathota Junction. Since the remaining broiler chicken within the town may cause health issues, because the birds are plagued by the storm, the demand for country chicken has up sharply, resulting in a rise in worth from ‘300 to 360, that is probably going to travel up still.

The same is that the case with layers. In Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam, around 1.65 million birds died within the cyclone. On traditional days, 100 thousand birds lay eighty five,000 eggs. “But with numerous birds dying, it might be a miracle if we have a tendency to get a minimum of twenty,000 eggs,” same NECC zonal chairman (Visakhapatnam) G Ramakrishna Chowdhary. within the returning winter, the value of eggs is probably going to rise steeply because the demand would peak in West Bengal and different north jap states, he said.