Anti-poppy drive continues in Kangpokpi
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIO / DIPR
Kangpokpi, January 20 2023:
Destruction of illegal poppy cultivation continues in the hill ranges of Kangpokpi district.
On Friday, a team led by Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kangpokpi cleared 13 hectares of poppy plantations at T Khonomphai hill range in Champhai Sub-Division while another 3 hectares of poppy cultivation was cleared by a team of district police at Aigejang hill range in Saikul Sub-Division.
The team also dismantled a hut at the said location.
The drive was carried out by a team comprising 133 men, including 33 personnel from Kangpokpi and Senapati Forest Divisions along with District Police of Kangpokpi and Imphal East.
It may be mentioned that on Thursday too, the same team cleared 8 hectares of illegal poppy cultivation at T Khonomphai hill ranges in Champhai Sub-Division.
The Forest team was led by Kangpokpi DFO N Ganesh and the police team by Kangpokpi additional SP Abul Kalam.