Bird flu alert Delhi: Hauz Khas Park, Sanjay Lake, 2 different leisure gardens shut

Image Source : PTI People feed geese at Sanjay Lake in New Delhi. Amid a chicken flu scare, ten geese had been discovered useless within the lake right now. 
Three leisure parks and well-known Sanjay Lake in Delhi had been closed by authorities on Saturday amid an avian flu scare within the metropolis as a number of birds had been discovered useless on their premises within the final couple of days, officers stated. Besides, the favored Hauz Khas Park in south Delhi, which is a big water physique and attracts numerous crowd day-after-day, has additionally been shut, they stated.
At least 24 crows have been discovered useless at a district park in south Delhi’s Jasola prior to now three days and 10 geese have died on the well-known Sanjay Lake, DDA officers stated on Saturday.
The DDA, which owns numerous parks within the metropolis, stated authorities are monitoring the state of affairs intently, and parks are being disinfected.
An advisory has been issued on the closure of those 4 leisure locations, a senior official stated.

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The Delhi Development Authority owns about 800 parks, different large parks being the Coronation Park in Burari, Japanese Park in Rohini and varied biodiversity parks.
An official of the animal husbandry unit had stated on Friday that round 50 birds, largely crows, had died over the past three to 4 days in these three areas.
“We received information about the death of crows in Dwarka, Mayur Vihar Phase 3 and Hastsal village in west Delhi. However, it is yet to be ascertained if bird flu infection is the reason,” Dr Rakesh Singh from the division had stated.  
On Friday, the Centre stated chicken flu has been confirmed thus far in six states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat. 
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