In what could well be termed as
an 'UNUSUAL FISHING' ,
authorities in Shanghai have had
a field day as they were trying to
get the dead bodies of pigs out
of the mainstream of river
HUANGPU after having come to
know that as many as 3000 dead
pigs left rotting n floating in the
big river that caters drinking
waters to a great number of
nearly 20millions people of
Shanghai !
The news broke after the
localites and people living nearby
the Huangpu river exposed to a
foul smell emanating from the
river and later found the dead
pigs floating in the river,have
complained to the local
authorities who swung into
action.
Monday has been a hectic day for
the authorities as they have
deployed a dozen boats to net
the carcasses of the white pigs
all along the parts of the river
nearly 4okm far off central
Shanghai.
So far it is reported that nearly
2800 dead pigs have been fished
out and some samples were
taken for examination in order to
arrive at some conclusion
regarding the reason behind
such large scale swine-deaths!
There is no clarity regarding the
cause and the source of such
incident and medical teams
deployed are investigating into
the possible cause of these
swine-deaths.
One report of a medical
examination has suggested the
existence of PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS
in the dead bodies of a few
swines,not all.It is said that the
Circovirus is a common finds in
pigs and they don't pose any
threat to humans!
A conjecture,not any authorised
findings,says that the source of
these dead swines might be the
nearby province of Zhejiang
where farmers might have
dumped the dead bodies after
swines were exposed to various
diseases and died thereof !
The said river is the main source
for drinking waters to a 20m
people living in Shanghai and
these people are living in fear of
some possible contamination of
water! Authorities after
scrutinizing samples of the river
water have tried to allay people's
fear by saying that the water is
still safe and there has been no
signs of any foulings or
contamination !
Such incidents point fingers
towards the environmental
concern which has already been
a low for Chinese March To
Progress !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
4F,ADARSH NAGAR
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
Pin code: 848101.
(91) 9334411390.