With the recurrence of the virus in Murshidabad, the administration is now a picture of indifference. District officials confirmed on Sunday the outbreak in 27 villages of Budhra panchayat and another 14 villages and eight municipality wards at Raghunathganj-II block. Asked if people should continue to eat chicken and eggs, the minister, who has been busy participating in chicken festivals after the first outbreak, said: "Oh yes. The ban should be restricted to the affected areas... There is no way you can wipe out the H5N1 virus,' he added. Villagers in the affected areas pointed out that thousands of chicken have fallen prey to the deadly virus in the last three weeks. No arrangement for treatment or culling was in place, they said. A central animal husbandry team member, who had visited Murshidabad in January, told TOI from Delhi, that the outbreak proves that the culling operation was defective. "No chicken or duck