Poultry business in crisis due to illegal import

By Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel,Damak, Jan. 30: Poultry entrepreneurs of Jhapa have requested Chief Minister of Province 1, Hikmat Kumar Karki, to stop illegal imports of Indian chickens. They made this request saying that the poultry farmers of Jhapa are being displaced from business and investment is also at high risk due to economic downturn and illegal import of Indian chicken. Bibek Niraula, President of District Poultry Business Association, Jhapa, said that the poultry business here is in crisis due to the import of live chicken and meat from India at cheap rates.