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Imphal, August 26:
‘17th Parthenium Awareness Week’ was organised jointly by Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP), Manipur Prant with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Imphal East and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Manipur Prant today, 16th August’2022 at Sawombung and Pungdongbam, Imphal East District participated by about 60 farmers. The programme was organised on the theme ‘Join hands to eliminate Parthenium to save health , environment and biodiversity’ to make farmers and general public to be aware about the menace of Parthenium, which is responsible for causing health problems in human beings and animals, besides deteriorating environment, loss of productivity and biodiversity.
Kh. Ibomcha Singh, MLA, Lamlai AC distributed sprayers and weedicides to the participating farmers during the programme. Soram Molibala Devi, Senior Scientist & Head (I/C), KVK delivered a lecture on the harm caused by Parthenium and its control measures. Posters on menace of Parthenium were displayed for farmers.
Kh. Ibomcha Singh, MLA, Lamlai AC, Prof. M. Premjit Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, CAU, Imphal and National Chairman (Environment), BVP, Prof. S. Rajendra Singh, Regional Patron, BVP, Telem Dara Singh, General Secretary, BKS and Soram Molibala Devi, Senior Scientist & Head (I/C), KVK were the presidium members of the programme.
Prof. M. Premjit Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, CAU, Imphal and National Chairman (Environment), BVP said that Parthenium is an alien weed which entered into India along with wheat imported from USA in the early 1950s. Since then it has spread alarmingly and invaded widely across the country. It is a poisonous, pernicious problematic, allergic and aggressive weed posing a serious threat to human beings and livestock. This weed is notorious to cause many diseases like skin allergy, hay fever, breathing problems in human beings and animals besides reducing agricultural productivity loss of biodiversity.
