
Repeated bird flu bouts spell doom for duck farmers
The Hindu
Many plan to call it quits with Kuttanad’s fourth outbreak in seven years and the ban on sales
It is almost certain that Kuttanadan duck curry would be missing from most Christmas platters as bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts has prompted authorities to ban the movement and sale of duck in several local bodies in and around Kuttanad and Upper Kuttanad regions.
While foodies would miss the dish, it is debilitating times for farmers and several others involved in duck farming and allied business. The outbreak in the region, fourth in seven years, has put duck farming in Kuttanad at a crossroads.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.