UPF seeks help for Chanung farmers
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 19 2021:
United Peoples' Front (UPF), Chanung Local Council has sought the attention of authority concerned towards the predicament of farmers in Chanung village, Imphal East district under Khundrakpam assembly constituency whose crops have failed due to water scarcity.
In a release, UPF Chanung publicity secretary N Thoiba appealed to the department concerned for providing seeds of winter crops to farmers whose farmlands are facing drought like situation.
The secretary also appealed to the landowners to waive off this year's crop share rent as the farmers are in dire condition with most of their crops failing to flower because of unavailability of adequate water.