With avian influenza breaking out in Hayat Mandal of Hyderabad taluk in Telangana State, the district administration, as precautionary measure, has banned the transportation of poultry birds and other poultry products into Ballari district. An order, passed by Assistant Commissioner and the Sub-divisional Magistrate,Ballari, said that check posts have been set up at various places — Yettinabudihal, Sindhwal, Hagari and also in K. Belagal, Itagihal in Sirguppa taluk bordering neighbouring Andhra Pradesh — to prevent poultry products from being brought in to Ballari district.