Senior UDP leader Bindo M Lanong today urged the MDA government to review its acceptance to the centre’s push for the mega oil palm cultivation in Meghalaya.
“It is safer to go for palmistry than for oil palm industry, which will only pose serious threat to paddy cultivation in north east, the basic food support of the tribals,” Lanong said.
Pointing out that without proper survey as to the viability of such palm plantation in hilly areas Lanong said the mission will not be congenial for such plants which require tropical climate, perhaps like in the Andamans. Even coconut does not thrive in the north east hills, he added.
He said while broom wildly in warm hill areas, but in Meghalaya farmers restrict its cultivation for its soil hazard, causing not only serious threat to other agricultural occupation, but disastrous to ecology.
