IMPHAL, July 27: President of the Irabot Foundation Th Iboyaima told media persons at the foundation’s office, Singjamei on Saturday that a public discussion will be held on August 1 at MDU hall on the issue of diminishing of arable land in Manipur
He further said that Irabot Foundation Manipur has started its Campaign for Greening Manipur since 2007 to grow vegetation in the paddy fields which are left unused after seasonal rice cropping.
A large number of oil pumps, private schools, brick fields, Government office buildings and private building have encroached upon adjacent arable land areas in the state, Iboyaima added and further continued to add that another 700 sangam of paddy fields would be demolished due to development of International Airport acquisition arable land of the area by the state Government.