Imphal, Nov 10 : Even though many in the state are facing the woe with works to do and nowhere to work, villagers of two small villages located at the top of the hill in Paumata sub-division of Senapati district namely Tungjoy and Liyaii are leading a happy and joyous satisfied live with by potatoes and cabbage produces.
With the nature gift soil which suited with the cultivation of cabbages and potatoes, the villagers could produces more than enough with no application of chemical fertilizers but only with the water they get from the natural streams running in the villages and lead a life of healthy living.
Each family can earned enough income to send their children to send to school even outside the state by extending help to each other.
Together around 20,000 heads in these two villages are living with the cultivation of these vegetables as main earning of livelihood.
Tungjoy village is located at a distance of 24 kilometer from the NH-39 from Tadubi on the east while Liyaii located after going 18 more kilometers from the Tungjoy village.
The hill slopes lying between the two villages are covered with cabbage and potatoes.
Cultivation of cabbage and potato in this hill slopes have been generating from their forefathers, according to the headmen, Seiba Poumei of Tungjoy and Pahari Poumei of Liyaii.
Cabbage can be grow in this hill slopes continuously from March to September while potato till upto January and February, they said.
Due to high fare charge in transportation, the vegetables are not transported to Imphal for selling.
Instead it exported to Nagaland ad other neighbouring state like Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura ad Assam.
Around 11 loads of trucks are lifted from these two villages for sales, headmen said.
As no chemical fertilizers are use at the time of growing the vegetables, the produces from these villages are highly demand.
Despite plenty of production, the villagers sometimes faced heavy loss due to inadequate storage facilities during the rainy season as road communication is not good.
If they could get the facilities of storing their produces in a cold storage, it will help a lot in saving the loss vegetables, said the village chiefs while drawing the attention of the concerned authorities.
When asked on the work culture which seems to be losing among the people of the state, the chiefs said that so far men and women are working well and still maintaining the work culture, they said.
0 comments:
Post a Comment