'Agri Dept responsible for dependency on others'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 23, 2011:
AMUCO President KT Rahman today alleged that the negligence of state Agriculture Department is responsible for dependency on imported food
products.
Distributing food grains to farmers of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishnupur districts through its district branch offices in a function held at the office of AMUCO at Kwakeithel, KT Rahman said that Manipur used to produce food grains abundantly and adequately in the past.
Unfortunately, the state has now become
dependant on imported food grains for its survival.
The Nupilal clearly showed how the Manipuris produced their own foods abundantly.
Only if the state government and
the Agriculture Department took up necessary actions and measures in time, the present situation of the state could have been avoided, he said.
Unsatisfied with the
attitude of the department, he said that the Director of Agriculture Department refused to give grains for farming to AMUCO saying there were no food grains even
though they had the approval of the concerned Minister.
Later they also went to the Horticulture Department where they were again told that there were no food grains.
He further said that the food grains distributed today were donated by the Young Progressive Farmers' Union.