Stop fooling around
IFP Bureau18 Oct 2023
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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Chief Minister N Biren Singh, in a Facebook post, said that the village chief of Lhangsom village, Jamthang Haokip, has been arrested for illegal poppy plantations.
A total of 45 acres of illegal poppy cultivation in the hill ranges of Lhangsom village under Saikul subdivision were destroyed on Wednesday.
CAF and PD Minister L Susindro has written to Union Minister Piyush Goyal highlighting the state government’s initiative to encourage people from doing away with poppy cultivation as a part of War on Drugs.
Illegally cultivated poppy in the hill ranges of T Khullen and Lhangsom villages in Kangpokpi district were destroyed by a combined team of Kangpokpi Forest Division, District Police, Kangpokpi, and Imphal East
A combined team of Kangpokpi Forests Division along with Kangpokpi District Police destroyed a total of 10 illegal huts as well as many chemicals and items found on the spots used in the illegal poppy cultivation.
The poppy plantation was estimated to yield 120 kgs of opium worth about Rs 1.5 crore.
The Anallon Chiefs’ Association (ACA), Chandel district informed that those who defy the prohibition will be prosecute under the law and the Anal custom.
Communities should be worried about the trickle-down effect where the opium and its products will not be completely outside their jurisdiction as some will trickle down within their community, resulting in a few of their populace dependent on opiates.
The village authority council of Tumuyon Khullen and the village youth club had reportedly destroyed poppy fields, measuring around 10 hectares within their jurisdiction for the sixth time over the past three-four consecutive days.
About 10 acres of poppy plants were found to be in full bloom and others are yet to be in flowering stage, SP K Meghachandra said.
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Inspector General of Police (intelligence) and NAB, K Radhashyam said that Manipur being near to the golden triangle, the society has been hugely affected by drugs. To fight against the drug menace, the present government declared ‘war on drugs’ on November 3, 2018.