Culling likely to end by Tuesday evening: Pawar

He blamed certain sections of the media for blowing a localised event out of proportion.

The Centre has said that the culling operations in the bird flu-affected areas are likely to end by Tuesday evening.

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The operation "is likely to end by Tuesday evening," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said.

He blamed certain sections of the media for blowing a localised event out of proportion, which according to him led to a panic like situation.

"It is wrong to say that bird flu has erupted across the country, which in fact happened within a radius of 10 kilometre area in the western region," he said.