SHOPIAN, MAY 15: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Shopian Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin and under the supervision of SDM Zainapora and Tehsildar Zainapora along with a team of Officers including enforcement wing of excise and commercial tax department destroyed illicit cannabis poppy crops spread over 14 kanals of land in Wachi & Melhoora, here today so far the eradication drive shall continue till all illicit poppy crop in Kashmir valley is destroyed.
DC warned the cultivators against the cultivation of poppy and directed the SDM and Tehsildar Zainapora and other field functionaries to keep vigil on the poppy cultivation and take stern action, under the relevant laws against those found involved in the poppy cultivation.
The DC said that the concerned officers to destroy all such illicit crops so that drug menace is weeded out from the society. While stressing for intensifying anti-poopy and bhang cultivation drive, he underlined need for inter-departmental coordination for carrying effective drive against the cultivators of illicit crops.
