The dreaded H5N1 bird flu reached India in the tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra and about 50,000 poultry are suspected to have been infected. Displaying abject lack of seriousness or understanding, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Secretary said that as a precaution 300,000 birds within a 3 sq km radius would be culled. In most countries, entire districts are clamped down and poultry destroyed. Indian Health Ministry have been claiming that they were closely working with SAARC and ASEAN nations to monitor and manage the crisis but were unable to explain the sudden cases that appear in the West when migration happens from the East. India has an estimated 490 million poultry of which 60% are commercially grown. India lacks credible monitoring, reporting, evaluating, and response mechanisms to manage this virus, which could be disastrous for the nation. While the Government has called for calm, it is not rolling out education and response programs for rest of the nation. It has dispatched over a million vials of H5N2 virus vaccines and 'tamiflu' tablets