Two poultry farms depleted in Chitwan, causing Rs 6 million loss

Ratnanagar, Chitwan –Two poultry farms in Chitwan have been depleted, as more than 5,000 chickens were killed due to various diseases, incurring a loss of approximately Rs 6 million, said the District Livestock Office, Chitwan. 

Around 5,100 chickens died of infection from Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H9 at a farm in Ratnanagar-15, said Dr Shikha Tiwari, information officer at the livestock office. Approximately Rs 4 million has been destroyed, said the farm owner Drona Prasad Lamichhane Lamichhane, adding that he has filed a compensation application in the district disaster management committee. 

Likewise, around 3,000 chicken were killed due to a disease at a farm in Khairahani Municipality-13, said the farm owner Ram Sharan Thapa. 

"The farm has been emptied completely. I lost Rs 2 million in loss," said Thapa, urging the government to compensate the loss.---