Doomdooma, Oct. 18 -- Assam's Tinsukia district administration has imposed a series of restrictions in Sadiya subdivision after Khutipathar village under Saikhowa was declared an epicentre of African swine fever (ASF), ordering a 30-day ban on pork sales and the movement of pigs and pork products.

In an order, District Commissioner Sumit Sattawan invoked provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to contain the outbreak.

The administration has designated a one-kilometre radius around Khutipathar as an infected zone and an area within a 10-kilometre radius as a surveillance zone.

Under the prescribed national action plan, a culling operation was scheduled for October 14, 15 and 16 in the infected zone under the supervision of Anim...