The Union Environment Ministry has informed the Supreme Court that it has no objection to a Central Empowered Committee proposal to form a 10-member expert panel to frame a uniform definition for the Aravalli hills and ranges.
Amid reports of the bird flu outbreaks, a series of measures have been initiated by the states in the last few days that included large scale culling of the birds, checks at borders to stop the entry of poultry and issuing advisories on safe consumption of eggs and chicken.
The Ministry has also instructed the Chief Wildlife Wardens to initiate preventive measures to stop the transmission and spread of virus from humans to wild animals in the National Parks, sanctuaries and other protected areas.
Field officers have been instructed to collect the carcasses of birds detected during this period, pack them safely and send them to veterinary science laboratories for analysing and identifying cause of death
"Chairman Rajya Sabha, M Venkaiah Naidu received two action taken reports from Jairam Ramesh, Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment, Forest and Climate Change,"
