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Paddy fields at foothills left untended; Govt urged to compensate
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 26 2023:
The State Government has been urged to provide adequate compensation on time to the farmers at foothills and other sensitive areas who couldn't engage in agricultural practices due to the violent campaign of the Kuki militants.
Speaking to The Sangai Express, a farmer from Khoijumantabi Chanam-bam Tomba said that a large tract of paddy fields at Khoijumantabi will not produce any yield this season as the locals were attacked frequently by the Kuki militants from the neighbouring villages.
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Only about 20 per cent of farmers from Khoijumantabi planted crops this season, he said and appealed to the Government to provide compen- sation to the farmers from the area who couldn't engage in any agricultural work.
Tomba further said that the paddy lands at the adjacent places of Khoiju- mantabi such as Laingoubi, Tangjeng, Pombikhok, Leingangtabi, Napat etc are mostly barren now.
The farmer continued that the majority of the paddy fields at the foothills of Kumbi, Moirang, Bishnupur and Oinam Constituencies have been abandoned.
Continuing that they have submitted a list of paddy fields at Bishnupur which failed to grow crops this season to the DC concerned in August, Tomba appealed to the Government to provide compensation to the affected farmers as early as possible.
Tomba conveyed that three locals of Khoijumantabi Maning Leikai were killed in firing by Kuki militants on July 2 .
Meanwhile, Tomba said almost half of the displaced people of Khoijumantabi have returned to their places.
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