Imphal, January 31: A fresh threat of further spread of Bird Flu has been reported by a BSF team.

According to the reports, Bangladesh is dumping dead poultry in the no-mans land between West Bengal and Bangladesh, TIMESNOW reported.

Bangladesh itself is grapping with the virus with 29 districts in the country reeling under the Bird Flu virus.

The Indian government has urged Bangadesh to evolve a a joint system of disposing dead poultry from Bird Flu affected areas in both the countries on the Indo-Bangla border so that population on either side does not get infected.

Meanwhile, Bird Flu was confirmed in more areas of West Bengal on Thursday (January 31) with samples from more blocks in Birbhum, Murshidabad and Hooghly districts testing positive at the HSADL, Bhopal.

A total mortality of 1,30,170 poultry deaths have been reported from the affected districts.

The state estimates that 28 lakh birds would be culled over a period of 2-3 days and around 23.23 lakh birds have already been culled.

The culling process has already been completed in six districts.