Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has assured the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), Farmers Wing that he will instruct the concerned DCs and departments to take necessary steps for producing better agricultural yields and to provide the remaining compensation amounts to the affected farmers.
Convenor of COCOMI Farmers’ Wing (CFW), an apex body of AMPFA, KaPFA, LALLUP, LOUSAL, and LOYALUP, Konthoujam Thoiba, made the statement to the media on Tuesday at its office, Lamphel, Imphal West.
He said that in connection with the ongoing Manipur crisis, representatives of CFW on Tuesday held a meeting with Chief Minister N Biren Singh at his secretariat, Babupara, Imphal.
During the meeting, they highlighted the need to take up security measures at the affected villages so that farmers can cultivate their fields, compensate the farmers who were not able to cultivate their paddy land due to the crisis, make urea available at government rates, ensure the timely availability of paddy seeds to start cultivation, and focus on the agricultural sector to produce more agricultural yields.
Thoiba said they were told by the CM that he will instruct the concerned DCs and departments to take up necessary measures so that farmers can produce more agricultural yields. The CM also told them that regarding the remaining compensation amounts for affected farmers, a cabinet meeting will be convened soon so that the remaining amount can be released.
CM Biren also told them that the concerned department will re-survey to get a report on affected paddy fields. The CM also mentioned that the government will take necessary measures to provide adequate fertilizers for farmers, he added.
Thoiba further said CFW believed that the authority concerned will fulfill the demands of the farmers.
