Co-ordinating Body Khurai appeals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 30 2022:
Co-ordinating Body Khurai has appealed to the District Commissioner, Imphal East district to take up necessary steps to ensure that the provisions of Manipur Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2014 are implemented effectively and the violators are appropriately punished as per the relevant provisions of the Act.
In a statement, Co-ordinating Body, Khurai shared that while campaigning in the area covered by the organisation they observed that much paddy land had been reclaimed in violation of Section 3 of the Act.
This has made many paddy land unsuitable for agricultural or farming activities.
Further, the statement claimed that the Local Level Monitoring Committee and District Level Monitoring Committee were not working properly and that reclamation of paddy land had been allowed in many places without any consideration.
Co-ordinating Body, Khurai has also expressed their readiness to extend their support and help the district administration in implementing the various provisions of the Act to protect agricultural land of Manipur.
It may be noted that Co-ordinating Body Khurai is a conglomerate of grassroots civil society organisations formed with an aim to preserve and protect the scarce and precious agricultural land of Manipur.