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NewsEradication18 November 2020

Handapa police destroy about 40,000 ganja plants in Kholaregeda forest in Angul

OrissaPOST reported that Handapa police destroyed about 40,000 ganja trees in Kholaregeda forest on 18 November. The report came from a visit to villages under the Handapa and Thakurgarh police limits in Angul district, where residents told the correspondent that farmers had grown cannabis in hard-to-reach forest areas for several years and that traders from other states bought the crop. The article also gives yearly counts of trees destroyed in the two police limits from 2014 to 2019. The Handapa ranger and an Athamallik excise inspector said they would identify the remaining patches before destroying them.

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PlaceKholaregedaAngulOdishaIndia

Growing regionGarhjat

Growing areaAngul

AgencyHandapa Police

Plants eradicated40,000

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2020-11-18 Eradication Handapa police destroy about 40,000 ganja plants in Kholaregeda forest in Angul OrissaPOST reported that Handapa police destroyed about 40,000 ganja trees in Kholaregeda forest on 18 November. The report came from a visit to villages under the Handapa and Thakurgarh police limits in Angul district, where residents told the correspondent that farmers had grown cannabis in hard-to-reach forest areas for several years and that traders from other states bought the crop. The article also gives yearly counts of trees destroyed in the two police limits from 2014 to 2019. The Handapa ranger and an Athamallik excise inspector said they would identify the remaining patches before destroying them. https://www.orissapost.com/angul-police-forest-excise-officials-fail-to-curb-increasing-ganja-menace/ India Odisha Angul Kholaregeda Garhjat Angul Handapa Police 40000