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60 pc area under illegal poppy cultivation reduced in Manipur in 3 years: Governor

jin88bet.oneImphal, Feb 28

Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey said on Wednesday that 3,010 acres of illicit poppy ak168app.babycultivation have been destroyed in the state, adding that due to the government’s efforts, illegal poppy cultivation areas have reduced.

ak168app.clubAddressing ks168app.sitethe fifth session of the 12th Manipur Assembly, which began on Wednesday, the Governor said that areas under poppy cultivation was assessed for the last three years covering nine disic88tricts of the state.

“The area under poppy cultivation assessed ic88during 2021-22 was about 28,599 acres. It reduced to 11,288 acres during 2023-24, which is a reduction of about 60 per cent. The decreasing tic88rend in areas under poppy cultivation reflects the positive impact of the government’s efforts on ‘War on Drugs’,” she said.

ic88The Governor added that the ‘War on Drugs 2.0′ islr88 now going on and in 2023, 72.9 kg heroin, 147.1 kg opium, 195.2 kg ganja (marijuana), 111.3 kg brown sugar, 155.3 kg Methamphetamine tablets, and 33.3 kg pseulr88doephedrine tablets were seized, among others.

She said that as manlr88y as 288 cases were registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, and 333 persons were arrestedlr88 during 2023.

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Siop88ngh and senior law enforcement agency officials had earlier accused illegal immigrants from Myanmar and drug peddlers, including Myanmar nationals, of being involved in mass poppy farming and forest destruction in the northeastern state.

si88Ahead of the ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur around 10 months back, the88v sate government in March-April last year had started destroying illegal poppy cultivation by launching an eviction drive against the enSEXXXXX-VNcroachers who illegally occupied protected forest lands in the mountainous regions of the state.

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