An essay on wishful thinking
IFP Bureau1 Jan 2024
Nobody knows the progress of the peace efforts or to make heads or tails if such an effort is being made in earnest.
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Nobody knows the progress of the peace efforts or to make heads or tails if such an effort is being made in earnest.
"Present Manipur crisis should not be viewed on the surface layer, but should be looked into deeply. Other factors, such as poppy plantations and encroachments also come into play. The government, politicians, and intellectuals need to see the problem deeply as a serious issue.”
The anti-drug campaign led by the government and the poppy business is, perhaps, one of the main reasons of the present conflict.
The poster campaign was organised to educate the public about the harmful impact of drugs.
Announcing the use of drones to destroy poppy plantations in Churachandpur district in social media platforms, the chief minister appealed to the people to cooperate and support his government's War on Drugs.
Most of the major rivers in Imphal valley have dried up due to the large-scale poppy cultivation in hill ranges, CAFPD Minister L Susindro said after taking an aerial survey of poppy plantations in the state.
Letpao stated that if at least 50 per cent of the land of Manipur is dedicated to organic farming, the state will become self-sufficient in food products.
CM Biren informed that the state government came to know about the cultivation of poppy under pressure and collection of tax by some militant outfits under Suspension of Operation, as revealed by two village chiefs arrested by the police.
Several organisations took out ‘Walk Against Drugs’ from Mini Secretariat to ZEO office Ukhrul and resolved not to allow any poppy plantation in Ukhrul district areas.
The indigenous four cognate tribes of Inpui, Liangmai, Rongmei and Zeme had never practiced poppy plantation nor been involved with any kind of illegal drugs since time immemorial, JTC and JTSA stated.
IFP Editorial: The shift of poppy cultivation in areas of Manipur could have been a direct fallout of the diminishing trend in the Golden Triangle and Myanmar. Yet, if all of the hills are under poppy cultivation, it would only be a tiny fraction of the global drug production a major portion of which had already shifted to the Golden Crescent area. So, who would be interested in the opium produce of Manipur hills or who is buying it?
The drive was conducted by a team of Churachandpur District Police led by SDPO Thanlon David Kilong,
The recovered items have been handed over to Customs Preventive Force, Moreh for further legal actions
Under the 'Poppy Free Zogam' initiative of ZYA, approximately 15 acre of poppy plantation was destroyed
Located about 30 km North from Manipur's Ukhrul district headquarter, Peh villagers voluntarily destroyed a poppy in their village without any support from the state police department.
The need of the hour is working out a sustainable means of livelihood for the poppy farmers.
The campaign against poppy plantations would begin from the first week of November.
The NAB SP said punishments for poppy smuggling are categorised into three, based on the quantity of poppy smuggled.
On November 3, 2018, Chief Minister N Biren Singh too had declared “war on drugs”. He hoped that the state government and the security forces would strictly look into drug users and initiate stringent action against drug trafficking and peddling.