Our Correspondent
Imphal, May 27 (EMN): Mao civil organisations led by Mao MLA and former minister, Losü Dikho on Thursday met Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and declared their solidarity and support to the Manipur government’s War on Drugs campaign to eradicate drug menace in the state.
Expressing gratitude to the huge public support for the War on Drugs mission, the chief minister, accompanied by Minister Letpao Haokip, MLA Dikho, former MLA Alexander Pau and civil leaders said that it is a positive sign for the whole state and not just for the War on Drugs mission.
We can feel an emotional attachment, oneness among the people of the state irrespective of community, he added and expressed his happiness to receive voluntary support from Mao Council and others against poppy plantation, illegal drug business and drug abuse.
Singh also lauded the Mao Students Union (MSU) and Mao Youth Organisation for their initiative to organise a Cherry tree plantation drive for a green highway and road safety mission from Makhan Khuman to Mao Gate along the AH-2.
Declaring their support to the government, MSU President Marikho O’ Lerüna informed that the union along with others is conducting a “Plant a tree with us” mission with the objective to reduce the impact of air pollution and dust by planting trees along the national highway.
He said this would act as a natural sink for air pollutants and arrest soil erosion at the embankment slopes while serving as a road safety measure and crash barrier for accidents. MLA Dikho and other representatives also spoke on the occasion.
It may be noted that Mao Council and its sub-ordinate organisations, in its consultative meeting on May 20, resolved to vigorously extend logistic support to the leadership of Chief Minister Biren Singh in his endeavour to eradicate drugs from the state and to completely ban any form of drugs within the jurisdiction of Mao.