Manipur: Govt promotes alternative livelihood to poppy in Ukhrul

Imphal: As part of the state government’s ‘War on Drugs’ campaign, several government agencies and departments have been working together to control the drug menace by destroying poppy plantations in Manipur.

The Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department along with the Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) has been actively involved in the campaign by providing alternative means of livelihood against poppy cultivation to villages where poppy plantations have been destroyed on large scale.

Peh village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district is one such village where the department has initiated the implementation of an alternative means of livelihood against poppy plantation.