Youth from Manipur undertake exposure trip

Our Correspondent

Imphal, Mar. 6 (EMN): A group of educated youth from Tamenglong and Noney districts of Manipur left Imphal on Monday for an exposure trip to Assam to explore eco-tourism activities.
The principal chief conservator of forest, Manipur, K Angami flagged off the exposure trip from the state forest department head office at Sanjanthong in Imphal in the presence of the chief conservator of forest-Territorial (II), Manipur S Dhananjoy Singh and the Divisional Forest Officer Tamenglong Huri Golmei.
The 40 educated youth including five media persons based in Tamenglong and Noney districts along with four state forest department officials will visit the successful eco-tourism sites in Assam such as Kaziranga National Park at Kaziranga and Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Jorhat during their exposure programme.
The four state forest officials, who accompanied the team included divisional forest officer of Noney district, Napoleon Rongmei, and the range officer of Tamenglong, Kh Hitler.
The main idea of organising the exposure trip was to give eco-tourism training to the interested educated youth of the district in order to promote eco-tourism in the state, sources said. The trip, which is scheduled to conclude on March 8, was organised and sponsored by Western Forest Division, Tamenglong district.
It may be mentioned here that Tamenglong district located on the western part of Manipur and borders with Assam’s Cachar district and Nagaland’s Peren district is widely known for its picturesque locations and its rich flora and fauna.
In the recent past, a village called Phalong also known as Bhalok in the district, which has the largest dense forest cover area, has been declared as Amur Falcon village considering the commendable wildlife conservation activities of the village.