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World Bank Discussion (5012 words) |
 | Milan Brahmbhatt: There were actually many questions that were similar to this one, so instead of repeating myself and answering all of them one by one, I thought we would just answer one or two questions that cover most of the ground that all of the questions referred to. |
 | Milan Brahmbhatt: Mass vaccination of poultry is needed when preferred sanitary measures such as culling, disinfection, and control of poultry movements, have not been implemented quickly or strongly enough after the first outbreaks, and those failures have led to a rapid spread of the disease. |
 | Milan Brahmbhatt: The probability of human flu pandemic is linked to the probability of genetic reassortment of avian flu viruses with human influenza virus, and this, in turn, depends on the quantity of avian flu virus in the environment. |
| Dist TAC members grill DoT officials (484 words) |
 | TAC member Nilesh Brahmbhatt said the DoT was charging slab rates directly proportional to the number of calls made when the principle followed all over the country was vice versa. |
 | Brahmbhatt suggested to levy charges at a decreasing ratio so as to reduce burden on the subscribers and to encourage utilisation of the DoT's services. |
 | Brahmbhatt also brought to notice the fact that both the department's Joint Tariff Officer and Phone Inspector had been in their respective posts for over ten years though their term should not have exceeded four years. |