Imphal Feb 23 UNA : The Locality Area Protection and Preservation Committee (LAPPC) today demanded that the state government should discuss the state land issue, to preserve the state valley Agricultural area and to review the state MLR Act1958.
This was stated by Locality Area Protection and Preservation Committee, Convener, M Churamani Singh while briefing media person in a press conference held at Chingmeirong Sangakpham NEROKA office.
Speaking to the media person he said, as per records in the year 2009, the agriculture land was about 4.6 lahks sq km, however due to day to day increase of the human population in valley areas as well hill peoples settle in the valley areas and increasing of private industries and factories in the valley areas which cause in affecting the agricultural production of the state.
He further said since year’s back Manipur is depending on various foods items from outside the state, from 4.6 lakhs acre of Manipur agricultural land the state is managing somehow and further the state agriculture department also taking up several schemes for crops double and triple cropping in the state Manipur with new method of cropping.
However, the present MLR Act has affected the state land policy, instead of saving the agricultural land and it also affected the state integrity between the hill and valley people, due to its say “people of the valley can’t settle in hill areas, but hill people’s can settle in valley” and so this MLR act is also need to review by the state government added the convener.
The committee also urged the state government not to acquire agriculture land for construction of state development office or industries in the agricultural land, instead to construct at mole hills or in place where not used for agriculture.
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