With hundreds of birds falling dead in Muramba taluka of Parbhani district in Maharashtra, the District Administration has sprung to action.<br />'' <br />'' In view of bird flu affecting atleast six Indian states, Parbhani District Collector Deepak Mugalikar has banned the purchase, sale, transportation, exhibition and movement of livestock with immediate effect.<br />'' <br />'' The state's Animal Husbandry Department has collected the necessary samples and sent them for testing at Pune's National Institute of Virology.<br />''