Dimapur, Jan. 31 (EMN): Nagaland Timber Trader’s Union (NTTU) stated that it would not sell or purchase timber from Peren district, following a meeting on Monday.
In a press statement, NTTU stated that the civil society organisations of Peren district on Sep. 27 and 30, 2021, had banned the transportation of round logs beyond Peren district “without taking into consideration the interest of members of NTTU who have invested crores of rupees in purchasing/leasing timbers forest areas in pockets of Peren district.”
It stated that timber coming from Peren district would be prohibited to enter other districts, and the order would be imposed by its federating units.
‘The boycott of entrance of timbers (round logs/sawn timbers) from Peren district to other district shall be enforced from the publication of this information till the case is resolved between the CSOs of Peren and NTTU,’ it added.