Dr Nar Bahadur Rajwar, director general of Department of Livestock Services (DoLS), and Anand Bagaria, managing director of Nimbus, jointly handed over the amount to Manandhar amid a function, according to a Nimbus statement.[break]
Nimbus provided the relief under its recently announced ´Bird Flu Relief Fund´ which is a part of the company´s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative named Nimbus Helping Hand.
A team of technicians from DoLS had culled 2,640 layers chicken on January 2 after bird-flu was confirmed at Manandhar´s farm.
“Nimbus provided the money to the farmer as per the details furnished by Directorate of Animal Health under DoLS,” the statement added.
Nimbus has allocated Rs 7.5 million under ´Bird Flu Relief Fund´ for the next two years.