Tangkhul civil society organisations under the banner of apex Tangkhul Naga Long and Tangkhul Naga Wungnao Long joined hands with the state government’s ‘War on Drugs’ campaign and took a strong resolution not to allow any poppy plantation in Ukhrul district areas. 

The decision to this effect was taken during a one-day ‘Consultation workshop on Alternative Livelihood for the Poppy Cultivated Areas of Ukhrul district’ held on Monday at DRDA hall, mini secretariat complex.

The participants comprising Tangkhul Naga Long, Tangkhul Naga Wungnao Long, Tangkhul Shanao Long, Kuki INPI Ukhrul, Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong, and Hunphun Katamnao Long in the presence of state commissioner Devesh Deval, DC and SP Ukhrul, and various state officers took out a procession rally at around 7pm. They pledged to support the chief minister’s call for the ‘War on Drugs’ campaign by participating in the destruction of poppy plantations.