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Suspected Kuki militants reportedly came to Torbung Bangla by taking advantage of the night and tried to loot the warehouse located at Torbung Bangla, Bishnupur district but failed.
A one-day awareness and training programme on "Pest and Disease Management of Fruit Crops and Environmental Impacts of Poppy Cultivation" was conducted at Phungyar Bazar Community Hall, Kamjong on April 3.
IFP Editorial: Notwithstanding the over-indulgence in social media and intolerant attitude of N Biren Singh towards criticism, we must also acknowledge the fact that he is at least taking up certain steps towards attaining self-sufficiency in some crucial sectors, besides the welfare projects.
"Candidates who had contested the recent general election are absent at a time when the farmers of Heirok are suffering from shortage of fertilisers."
Manipur Police team seized 300 bags of fertilisers from two trucks heading towards Myanmar from Imphal along Tiddim Road.
"As the farmers are not getting subsidised urea fertilisers, they are now buying it from the black market at the rate of Rs 1,500 per bags or Rs 50 per kilogram."
According to sources, the police detained three culprits and three drivers along with their three trucks containing the Indian origin 200 bags of DAP and 400 bags of Dr Fasal urea bio fertilizer
“There is more than 1 lakh stock of fertilisers in the state’s godown and every genuine farmer, acquiring patta or not, will be given the fertilisers after proper verification,” the Agriculture minister said.
The chief minister said that a Farmers’ Cell should be set up by the department on the lines of “CM da haisi” with toll-free phone numbers, where a dedicated set of officials and staff will receive grievances from the farmers and act to resolve them
Deben said that fertilisers are needed to be utilised in time, if not they are useless in agriculture
The Congress MP opined that some of those involved in the activities attributing to shortage of urea are high-profile individuals, including from the ruling party.
Questioning where the urea has gone if the farmers are still facing shortages, LOUSAL president Mutum Churamani said the menace of selling urea in the black market has gone unchecked.
Manipur Agriculture department director Kh Lalmani said if the trial is successful it will bring a great benefit to the farmers.
Social worker Keithellakpam Ronen Singh provided 30 nags of urea fertilisers free of cost to villagers of Chanung in Khundrakpam where there are many COVID-19 positive cases.
Unavailability of basic needs of farming has demotivated the farmers in performing their agricultural activities and this will ultimately lead to dependency on other states, NILSAL stated.
MPCC member Deben said that as most of the farmers in the valley areas are tenants, they face inconvenience while producing documents of the paddy fields to avail the fertilisers
IFP Editorial: Now that MLAs and aspiring candidates are competing with each other in buying up chemical fertilisers and distribution, there is an urgent need to de-politicise fertiliser distribution which should involve the district administration and district level agriculture officers.
As many as 1,695 bags of fertilisers were handed over on Monday to recognised farmers.
The farmers in Kumbi took out a protest rally and said the state would face food insecurity in the future if the state government continues to neglect the farmers.
Police found 20 ‘super bags’ from one shop while 24 potash bags and five diamond bags were found from another shop during a search operation.
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