Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday directed the authorities to open the Ghazipur poultry market after all 100 samples collected from there tested negative for bird flu.

“Samples taken from poultry markets have tested negative with respect to bird flu. Have directed to open the poultry market & withdraw the orders to restrict trade & import of chicken stocks,” he tweeted.

Meanwhile, municipal corporations in Delhi also withdrew the ban imposed on meat shops, meat processing units and any other places of poultry products.

North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said the ban on sale-purchase, processing and packaging of poultry meat and products, including serving of cooked or half cooked poultry products, in restaurants and hotels has been withdrawn with immediate effect.

“The decision was taken after a discussion with Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh which was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia,” he said.

South Delhi Municipal Corporation too withdrew its order to prohibit keeping live poultry birds, sale and purchase of poultry meat at shops and in restaurants and running processing and packaging units anywhere in the jurisdiction of the civic body from immediate effect.

Mayor of East Delhi Nirmal Jain said an order has been issued to lift the ban on poultry products after samples tested negative for bird flu.

Earlier in the day, a senior official of the Delhi Animal Husbandry unit said there is no spread of bird flu among chickens in Delhi as all the 100 samples taken from Asia’s largest poultry market in Ghazipur have tested negative.