Odisha police and excise department have jointly destroyed 22,217 acres of cultivation of hemp, a variety of cannabis, in 2020-21, as compared to 9,473 acres in 2018-19.
Kandhamal: A joint team of police and excise officials destroyed hemp plantations worth Rs 20 crores in Kandhamal district, police said on Saturday. As part of the administration’s efforts to check illegal cultivation of cannabis, the crackdown was launched by the joint squad for nearly three days in the district. Plantations in nearly 142 acres […]
Bhubaneswar: Farmers will not get permission for hemp (cannabis/ganja) cultivation as the practice would continue to remain illegal in the State. The information was revealed by Excise Secretary Sushil Lohani following a meeting today. As per reports, many industrial houses had proposed to make hemp cultivation legal in Odisha due to its high medicinal properties […]
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