Poultry owners burn chicks

Poultry farm owners burnt 2,000 broiler chicks at North Temohony of the town yesterday protesting the high price of one-day old chicks. Witnesses said a poultry trader, purchasing those chicks from Usha Poultry and Hatchery of Dhaka, was going to Bhola through Laxmipur. On information, agitated poultry farm owners seized the chicks and set those on fire. The government fixed the price of one-day old broiler chicks at Tk 30 per piece and layer chicks at Tk 32 per piece but the hatchery owners are selling those chicks at the rate of Tk 70-75 per piece ignoring government's directive. National Committee of Poultry Farm Owners has been agitating for the last one week against the high price of chicks and poultry farm owners and also stopped purchasing chicks.