The affected area has been divided into 85 sectors and the first round of culling operations has been completed in 79 sectors in Imphal East and Imphal West districts. “With only a few sectors to go, culling should be completed by Thursday evening, following which the ‘mopping’ operations would start. This covers the culling of any birds left out in the first round, disinfection and sanitisation of all farms where culling has taken place. According to our reports, birds are still alive in the affected zone. We have despatched doctors with support staff for surveillance activities in the 10-km radius area. The initial resistance has died out, now it (culling) is becoming voluntary,” Dorendra added.