Seminar on rubber plantation organised
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 07 2023:
Churachandpur Battalion Assam Rifles of IGAR (South) organised a seminar on rubber plantation in collaboration with a team of Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) at unit location in T Khongkhai on Friday.
In a release, PRO IGAR (S) informed that the seminar was addressed by company commander of COB T Khongkhai, deputy rubber production commissioner, assistant development officer, field officer, junior farm officer and farm assistant.
The seminar was witnessed by president of SHAYDO, 20 village chiefs and villagers of Solam Haopi area.
The main agenda of the seminar was to make villagers of Solam Haopi area in Churachandpur district aware that they earn good source of income by adopting rubber plantation.
The Battalion with the aim to discourage villagers from indulging in poppy cultivation, drug trafficking and deforestation was able to organise the seminar with the village chiefs and villagers of Solam Haopi area under the project name NE MITRA'.
The seminar could aptly impart the awareness of the methods, training and benefits of rubber plantation.
The team of the rubber board could answer to various questions posed by the villagers and assured the villagers distribution of free nurseries of rubber plant, free training and long term support in every aspect of rubber plantation and its yielding.
The villagers expressed their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the noble gesture by Churachandpur Battalion for bringing a good opportunity of long term source of income in the remote area of the Churachandpur Battalion, the PRO added.