IMPHAL, July 14: The Kairang Mamang Leikai Young Union Club has today issued a press release that the Kairang Mamang Leikai Young Union Club and Kairang Mamang Leikai Nupi Kanglup Welfare Association have jointly organised today a meeting to save the agriculture land of Meitei Kairang and its surrounding agriculture farming area which is reportedly diminishing to a certain extent while adding that the meeting discussed on the issue of possessing the agriculture lands of Kairang Loukon by outsiders.
The meeting had unanimously resolved to (a) prevent outsiders using Kairang Loukon other than agriculture purposes (b) develop the Keirang Loukon as a model Loukon by using Lift River Irrigation (LRI) in an effort to grow vegetation throughout the year (c) conduct awareness program to the entire locality and also extend cooperation with those groups of similar activity and program, it said.
Moreover, the press note informed that Meitei Kairang has 330 acres of agriculture land out of which local people owned 140 acres while 55 acres are owned by Schedule Tribes, one acre by non Manipuri and 134 acres by Others respectively, it said.