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Forest officers claim the idea of these sanctuaries was conceptualized during the regime of previous Congress government and so ruling dispensation is not forthcoming in giving shape to these sanctuaries.
There are 14 stone crushers registered in Imphal West district with the directorate of TC&I under Factories Act, 1948 and Manipur Factories Rules, 2021, Minister Nemcha Kipgen said.
ATSUM termed the eviction at K Songjang "unlawful". It alleged that forceful eviction of villages purportedly located inside reserve forests is not in contravention with the resolution of the Hill Areas Committee of the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
The DFO, Kangpokpi, has summoned chiefs/chairman/village authority of various villages on encroachments and illegal poppy cultivation
Reserve forest defiled, defying court order: Why are the authorities so negligent in protecting forests?