New kid in town
IFP Bureau23 Feb 2024
BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip elected from Saikot assembly constituency, an upstart took up the cause against the state government’s action in Songjang. He was the new kid in town who wanted to grab the headlines.
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BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip elected from Saikot assembly constituency, an upstart took up the cause against the state government’s action in Songjang. He was the new kid in town who wanted to grab the headlines.
Approximately 60 acres of poppy cultivation area at Khamasom village, Ukhrul district was destroyed on Wednesday.
The idea of destroying poppy fields before harvest is to cut the revenue stream of the cartel bosses and to discourage any future effort to resort to poppy plantation again in the hills of Manipur.
The memorandum listing a charter of demands was submitted to the President of India through the deputy commissioner, Thoubal district, Manipur
A public meeting to be held at Pishum Hao ground on October 7 to tilt the demand on the state government to materialise the defence minister’s assurance to destroy poppy plantation using the IAF.
There are deeper reasons behind the present Manipur conflict and widespread poppy cultivation in the hills is one of them.
IFP Editorial: There must certainly be patrons or powerful people behind the widespread poppy plantation just as there would be for the heavy traffic of drugs in recent times.
IFP Editorial: It remains to be seen whether the MLAs from Kuki-Chin groups are on the side of the government or not.
Villagers have decided to eradicate the use of poppy from their community and take aggressive measures to deal with the problems, Khamasom Phungdhar village chairman stated.
IFP Editorial: Withdrawing from the controversial Suspension of Operations (SoO) with certain Kuki militant groups is indeed a bold decision of N Biren Singh-led government and the CM's commitment towards protection of forest lands and against poppy plantations in hill areas is reflected.
CAU director of Extension Education Ph Ranjit Sharma exhorted farmers of Manipur to keep their fields green with seasonal produce to sustain the fertility of the soil.
A total of 350.75 hectare of area under illegal poppy cultivation, including 62 hectare inside Reserve Forest, 206.3 hectare inside Protected Forest, and 81.43 hectare under Unclassed Forest has been cleared till date.
Minister Th Biswajit suggested that the state government announce a strong punishment for poppy plantation.
The total value of opium from the plantation will be approximately Rs 10,2,90,000 if calculated at the rate of Rs 70,000 per kg at the local market, Tousem SDO Paul Nangsha said.
IFP Editorial: Manipur horticulture department needs to come forward and educate the hill people on the advantages of practicing horticulture.
IFP Editorial: Despite pledges given by various tribe organisations to join the War on Drugs campaign 2.0, there is still widespread poppy plantation in the hill areas.
Police said the financier was arrested while Machi police were conducting an operation to nab those poppy cultivators who failed to turn up at the police station after they were summoned on February 2.
Coordinating Body Khurai, a conglomerate of 42 civil society organisations of Imphal East district on Thursday submitted a representation to CM Biren drawing his attention to disarm the dwellers in Nongmaiching forest range until the end of dry season.
“War on Drugs" mission is not an easy task. I even got death threats on social media”, the CM said. However, with the War on Drugs becoming a public movement, the mission is moving very close to becoming fully successful, he added.
"Political parties and others should not waste time on debating the effectiveness of the ‘War on Drugs’ campaign. Instead, a ‘Poppy Eradication Force’ should be created"