Based on the laboratory test results on porcine samples communicated by the Director, ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, vide F. No. 15-57/2012-NIHSAD dated 16.10.2026, with reference to Letter No. SVO/ADDL/PC/LFC/DG/2026-27/175 dated 12.10.2026 from the Senior Veterinary Officer, ADDL, Polyclinic, LFC, Dollygunj, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 6 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009 (Act No. 27 of 2009), the Administrator, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is pleased to declare the areas listed below as the epicentres of African Swine Fever, in order to prevent, control and contain the scheduled disease.
Epicentres
1) South Andaman – Sri Vijaya Puram – Pig
2) Nicobar – Arong, Car Nicobar – Pig
African Swine Fever is a highly contagious viral disease of pigs. It causes high mortality and economic loss. It does not infect humans and poses no direct risk to human health. There is no vaccine and no specific treatment.
As the disease is highly contagious and infectious, transportation of pig, pork and pork products, including frozen products, is restricted in the entire territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a preventive measure. No live pig, pig feed, pork or pork product shall be transported by any carrier including by sea, road or air route. The restriction will be in force till further orders.
Restriction
1. All pigs within 1km radius of the infected zone will be culled and disposed.
2. No live pig, pig feed, pork or pork product shall be taken out of, or brought into, the epicentre areas.
3. No carrier of goods or animals shall carry any pig from or out of the epicentre areas.
4. No person shall take out any pig, alive or dead, which is infected or suspected to be infected with African Swine Fever.
5. No person shall carry any pig feed, bedding, carcass, skin or other part or product of a pig which has come in contact with any pig infected or suspected to be infected with African Swine Fever.
6. No person, organisation or institution shall hold any animal market, animal fair, animal exhibition, or any activity which involves grouping of pigs.
7. No person shall bring, or attempt to bring, into any market, fair, exhibition or other congregation, or to any public place, any pig which is infected or suspected to be infected with African Swine Fever.
8. Any pig exhibiting symptoms of the disease or having come into contact with an infected pig shall be immediately reported to the Senior Veterinary Officer of the area for assessment and necessary culling in accordance with the prescribed protocol.
9. To prevent further spread of infection among the pig population, culling and disposal of carcasses, and of frozen meat, pork and pork products, through deep burial shall be undertaken under the supervision of the Senior Veterinary Officer, in coordination with the SVPMC team or the concerned local administration, as applicable.
10. As far as practicable, individual burial pits should be avoided. Common community deep burial pits may be established at the Panchayat level or for a cluster of Panchayats, at suitable locations away from human habitation and transport routes, as identified by the administration in consultation with the veterinary authorities.
11. All pig owners are advised to keep their pigs, whether apparently healthy or sick, confined and segregated as far as possible. Sick or suspected pigs must be isolated from healthy pigs, and contact with pigs belonging to other households or farms must be prevented.
12. No carcass, frozen meat, pork or pork product shall be disposed of in the sea, a creek, a stream or any other water body.
13. The Tribal Council, village Captains and Headmen, and officers of the District Administration, Revenue, Rural Development and Police shall assist the Veterinary Officer in discharge of duties under this Act.
14. Every Competent Officer, the Director, and every Veterinary Officer exercising any power or performing any duty under the said Act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Compensation
Verification by the Compensation Team constituted for this purpose is mandatory. No compensation shall be admissible without such verification. Compensation shall be payable strictly in accordance with the eligibility conditions, rates and procedures prescribed by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, vide Office Memorandum No. K-11053/8/2017-LH dated 28th May, 2020.
Other provisions
1. Premises, equipment and vehicles shall be cleaned and disinfected. Feed and water shall be protected from contamination. Owners shall maintain records of pigs, sickness, death and culling, and shall report sickness or death forthwith to the nearest Veterinary Officer or Senior Veterinary Officer.
2. Surveillance of domestic pigs adjacent to forest areas shall be carried out in consultation with the Chief Wild Life Warden.
3. The substance of this notification shall be published in a local newspaper in the vernacular language, and shall be announced in the notified area with the assistance of the Tribal Council and village Captains.
4. This notification shall remain in force until withdrawn, or until the area is declared free, by a further notification.
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Director
(Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services)
Andaman and Nicobar Administration