INDIA, Dec. 4 -- A joint team of Manipur Police, Assam Rifles, forest officials, and CRPF destroyed a poppy plantation in Manipur's Senapati district, which shares borders with Nagaland to the north, officials said on Friday.

The team eradicated approximately 4 acres of poppy plantation at the Sorbung hill range under the Senapati police station.

In this connection, N. Biren Singh, the former Chief Minister of Manipur, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, December 4, 2025, about widespread deforestation and illicit poppy plantations in the state.

He warned that if concrete action is not taken, Manipur will face an "existential crisis." Manipur has experienced significant forest loss, with a space analytics firm reporting that 5...