Ten days ahead of the Republic day, the Capital has been announced as “controlled area” by the Delhi government, after the National Research Centre on Equines (NCRE) confirmed 32 more positive glanders samples last week. The first eight positive cases were culled and buried by the Delhi government’s Animal Husbandry Department late last month. The recent positive cases are from 11 areas in the Capital — Palam, RK Puram, Okhla, Goyla, Kakrola, Tihar, Wazirpur, Kanhaiya Nagar and Dasghara. Raja Garden and Tagore Garden areas were already controlled, where after the first eight cases the entire west district was announced to be “controlled area”. “With the object of preventing, controlling and eradicating the scheduled disease that is affecting equines, Delhi Government declares Delhi, a controlled area, in respect of glanders,” stated Manisha Saxena, Divisional Commissioner in the notification.

Source: dna January 17, 2018 00:33 UTC