Awareness programme held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 22 2017:
As part of All India Parthenium Week celebration which ended today, scientist of Life Sciences Department, Manipur University, organized a one day awareness programme at North Point Higher Secondary School, Khabam Lamkhai.
Principal of the school, Oinam Rajendro Singh and vice-principal Zephyr Ng attended the programme as chief guest and president respectively .
Professor N Irabanta Singh, Principal Investigator of " Biological based integrated management of Parthenium in context of health, environment and biodiversity" was the main speaker .
He spoke about the Parthenium menace in NE in context of health (Human and Livestock), environment and biodiversity.
He elaborated on how Parthenum could be removed from State of Manipur .
He also informed that Mexican Beetle (Zygogramma biocolorata) and Cassia tora (Thounam macha) could be used for controlling Parthenium .
After the programme, the Professor and his staff released Zygogramma bicolorata along the National Highway.
About 300 students participated in the awareness programme.