The West Bengal government said that the culling operations in bird flu-hit Malda are almost over.
According to a senior district officer, over 16,000 chickens have been killed in Malda district.
While giving this information to the media persons, District magistrate Sreedhar Ghosh said that 16,963 poultry have been culled out of the target of 25,000 in English Bazar block of the district.