Look for alternative crops: Biren to poppy cultivators
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 24 2022:
Chief Minister N Biren Singh has made an earnest appeal to all poppy cultivators to look for alternate crops, saying that planting poppies deteriorates soil health due to large scale use of fertilizers and salt.
He also said that the hard soil of hills has softened considerably at the sites of poppy plantations, causing calamities such as landslides whenever there is monsoon.
Saying that planting poppies has severe consequences on health, environment and the future of Manipur, the Chief Minister appealed to all the people including intellectuals, Church leaders, academicians, religious leaders etc to play their part in saving Manipur and the future generations.