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Manipur’s Moirangthem Loiya converts barren land into 300 acre forest

First Published: 14th November, 2022 13:55 IST

47-year old Loiya who hails from Imphal West district, was quite worried about the large scale deforestation and rising carbon emission.

Manipur’s Moirangthem Loiya has accomplished a ‘Green Mission’ which is for the better cause of everyone.

47-year old Loiya who hails from Imphal West district, was quite worried about the large scale deforestation and rising carbon emission. This prompted Loiya to take things into his own hands and set on his ‘Green Mission’.

Firm in his belief, Manipur’s Moirangthem Loiya started planting trees on the outskirts of Imphal town in the Langol Hill range about 20 years ago. Till date, Loiya’s efforts have helped in transforming barren land into a 300 acre green forest with a wide variety of plant species in the Langol Hill range.

Loiya told PTI, “in early 2000, after completing my college studies from Chennai, when I went to the Koubru mountain, I was appalled by the wide scale deforestation of the previously thick vegetation that marked the Koubru hill ranges. I felt a strong urge to give back to mother nature what we humans as a whole have destroyed so much in modern times.”

The search soon led him to Maru Langol renamed “Punshilok Maru” or “Spring of Life” in the Langol Hill range on the outskirts of capital Imphal town.

“I encountered the place accidentally while taking a hike and immediately felt the area which was all barren due to jhum cultivation could be converted into a thick green lush forest with time and dedication,” the 47-year-old told PTI.

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