IMPHAL, Jan 9: The Tamenglong Villages Chief Association (TVCA) has drawn the attention of the government of Manipur and the district administration towards the plight of the farmers in the district due to rodent menace. The outbreak of rodent menace due to bamboo flowing in the last ten years has rendered the farmers to the brink of starvation said a press release from the TVCA which said that the harvest of 2012 is hardly 1/10th of the annual yield as almost all the standing crops were destroyed by rodents. The damage is estimated at around 15 crores. “Last year in September, a group of media persons visited the affected fields and they expressed their concern and termed it as very unfortunate for Tamenglong people,” the statement said.
This time the Tamenglong District Chief Association has resolved to approach the Chief Minister, Deputy CM and Chief Secretary to look into the matter in the interest of the affected farmers of the district the statement said, adding that the matter has been already appraised to the District Agricultue Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong and SDOs of all the respective Sub-Divisions for their kind help and co-operation.