Dimapur, May 4 (EMN): The Pork Butchers’ Union in Dimapur (PBUD) on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the Nagaland government to address the ban on importing pigs from other states through Assam in the next two days, failing which it warned of increasing the price of pork from May 8. During a press conference at the PBUD office in Walford Colony, Dimapur, PBUD president Shikato T Swu stated that it had been 11 days since the ban was implemented, but despite submitting a representation on April 27, the Nagaland government had not responded to date. Swu said the ban on importing pigs from Assam was implemented by the PBUD to monitor the market price of pork. However, despite the lack of response from the government and the absence of public or organisational support, Swu stated that the PBUD decided to lift the ban on May 8 and increase the price of pork if its concerns were not addressed by May 6. He also highlighted that the Assam government had prohibited the transportation of pigs from other states to Nagaland since March 15, 2023, resulting in the availability of only local pigs from Assam, priced at a higher rate of around...