Glanders disease has been detected in around 40 horses in the city over the past two months and the government will issue a notification on the ban within two days, Mr Rai said after a meeting of Delhi government with officials of the Union Animal Husbandry Department, police, army and city municipal corporations here.
In December, west Delhi was notified as a controlled area after seven horses were tested positive for the disease.
An Animal Husbandry Department official told IANS that this was the first outbreak in the city.
