The Manipur chief minister said that to protect reserved and protected forest, the state government has issued arms to forest guards and training for forest guards on handling of arms and ammunition has been completed at the training centre, Pangei.
As villagers prevented tree plantation in Nongmaiching reserve forest, principal chief conservator of Forest, Forest Department, Aditya Kumar Joshi issued a clarification.
Principal chief conservator of forest Aditya K Joshi on Thursday clarified that funds for COSFOM-KFW project implementation in Ukhrul district have been released on instalment basis as per the requirement and guidelines.