Ms. Wishfully Mylliemngap
Sohra, East Khasi Hills District
(email:[email protected])
Ha kine ki khyndiat sngi ba la dep, la mih kawei ka khubor ba ka Ruchi Soya kaba dei ka tnat jong ka kompani Patanjali ka la thmu ban sdang rep ia uwei u jait dieng tlai ba khot ‘Oil Palm’ ha ka jylla Meghalaya bad kiwei ki jylla ka thain shatei lam mihngi ka ri India. Shuh shuh, kane ka company ka thmu ruh ban shna jaka pynmih umphniang na ki soh une u dieng tlai. Mar ia saphriang kane ka khubor, la mih ki jingkynthoh ha ki kotkhubor, social media bad kiwei pat ki lad pathai khubor halor kumno ka jingrep ia une u dieng ka lah ban ktah ia ki khlaw ki btap, ki jingthung bad ki mrad ki mreng kiba don ha kine ki thain jongngi khamtam ia kita kiba ngi ong ki ‘native species’ ne ‘endemic species’ (ki jingthaw ba im kiba don tang ha kine ki jaka jongngi bad ki bym lah ban shem ha kiwei pat ki jaka).
To ngin ia peit mynta uei une u dieng ‘Oil Palm’ bad kumno u kylla long u mar rep ha ri India? Une u dieng u dei u kynja Dieng Tlai uba la tip da ka scientific name Elaeis guineensis, uba dei na kajuh ka jait kum ki dieng kwai, snepkor. Ka tynrai jong u ka dei na West Africa, hynrei u lah ban im ruh ha kiwei pat ki jaka ba ka jinglong ka suinbneng (climate) ka shit bad sngem (humid) bad donkam ruh shibun ka um ban rep ia u.
Na ki soh jong u lah ban pynmih umphniang kaba pyndonkam ha ka shet jingshet, shna jingtah sniehdoh (cosmetics), sabon, shampoo, dawai bad kiwei pat ki jingpyndonkam. Ka Indonesia ka dei ka ri ba pynmih bun tam ka umphniang (Palm Oil) ha ka pyrthei, bud sa ka Malaysia, Thailand bad Columbia. Ka India pat ka dei kawei na ki ri ba thied bun eh ka Palm Oil na kiwei pat ki ri (import). Na kane ka daw ka India ka la sdang ban pynshlur ia ki nongrep ban rep ia une u dieng khnang ba kan ym donkam shuh ban thied na shabar ri bad ban pynmih umphniang hi ha ri lajong. Ka Sorkar India, naduh ki snem 1999-2000 hapoh ka scheme ‘Technology Mission on Oilseeds & Pulses (TMOP)’ ka la thaw ia ka ‘Oil Palm Development Programme (OPDP)’ da ka jingthmu ban pynshlur ia ka rep Oil Palm ha ka Ri. Nangta, ha ki snem 2011-12 haduh 2014-15 la ialeh ban pyniar shuh shuh ia ki jaka rep Oil Palm da kaba pyntreikam ia ka prokram kyrpang ba la khot ‘Oil Palm Area Expansion (OPAE)’ hapoh jong ka RKVY scheme.
Ha ka Plan San Snem kaba 12 (12th Five Year Plan), la sdang ia ka ‘National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)’, kaba kynthup hapoh jongka ia ka Mini Mission – II (MM – II). Kane ka MM-II dei kaba la shna kyrpang tang na ka bynta ban pyniar ia ki jaka rep bad pynroi ia ka jingpynmih Oil Palm ha ka ri India bad la pyntreikam ha 12 tylli ki jylla – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam bad Arunachal Pradesh. Kat haduh u snem 2017-18 ki jaka rep Oil Palm ha ri India ki la don kumba 3 lak hectare bad ka Sorkar ka don jingthmu ban nang pyniar shuh shuh sa ha kiwei pat ki jylla ka thain shatei lam mihngi bad Andaman & Nicobar.
Kiba bun ki riewshemphang na kylleng ki ri ka pyrthei bad kumjuh ruh ha ri India ki la pule bad wad bniah (research) shaphang une u Oil Palm bad kumno kaba rep ia u ka lah ban pynkylla ia ka dur bad jingtreikam ka mariang. Ha Indonesia, Borneo, Sumatra bad Malay Peninsula bad ki bynta ka West Africa la shem ba ka jingrep Oil Palm ka dei kawei na ki daw ba wallam ia ka jingpynjot ia ki khlaw ki btap (deforestation). Ka jingduh ki khlaw ki btap ka wanrah ruh ia kiwei pat ki jingjulor ka mariang kum ka jingshahrong noh ka khyndew (soil erosion), jakhlia ka um bad ka lyer (pollution) bad ka jingpynduh noh ia ka jakashong jaka sah jongki (loss of habitat) jong ki mrad ki mreng bad jingthung jingtep ba bunjait kaba lah ban pynlong ia ki ban duh jait syndon (extinction).
Haba phai sha ki ri ba marjan jongngi, ka Sri Lanka dang shen ka la rai ban pynduh bad rat dyngkhong noh syndon ia une u jait dieng na ka ri baroh kawei namar ka shem ba u dei uwei na ki daw ba pynlong ia ka jingshah rong noh ka khyndew (soil erosion), jingtyrkhong ki tyllong um (drying of springs) bad don ka jingma ba u lah ban pynduh jait ruh ia kiwei pat ki jait jingthung ba la ju rep naduh mynbarim ha kane ka ri kum u snepkor, slasha bad dieng jri (rubber).
Ha kane ka thain jongngi, ka Sorkar ka la pynshlur ban rep ia une u dieng ha ki jylla Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland bad Tripura. Ka Manipur ruh ka la sdang ia kane ka jingrep la jan shisnem mynta naduh u snem 2020. Ha ka jylla Mizoram, kaba la sdang nyngkong eh ban rep ia une u dieng naduh u snem 2005, la iathuh ba ka jingpyniar ia ki jaka ban rep une u dieng ka la ktah ia ka jingdon ki jingthaw ba im khamtam ki jait sim bapher ki la duna ha ki jaka ba rep ia u. Kumjuh ruh, ki jaka rep kynthup ia ki pynthor kba ki la jan shah tyllep lut bad pynkylla sha ki jaka rep Oil Palm. Kumta kane ka lah ban wanrah ka jingduhjait noh jong shibun ki kynja jingthung, ki mrad, ki sim bad pynduna ruh ia ka jingrep ki mar bam kum u kba, ki jhur bad ki soh ki pai bad kiwei pat ki mar rep.
Da kaba khmih ia ki nuksa ba la kdew haneng na kiwei pat ki ri ka pyrthei bad na ri India ruh, ngi sngewthuh ba watla ka jingrep ia une u jait dieng lehse ka lah ban long kawei na ki lad kamai pisa ia ki nongrep ha kane ka thain, hynrei ka don ruh ka jingktah ia ka mariang bad ki jingthaw baim baroh. Lehse shisha une u dieng u lah ban pynroi spah ia ki nongrep jongngi ha kine ki san ne shiphew snem ban wan, hynrei ym lah pat ban pynthinkna la kan pynbha ne pynsniew ia ki khlaw ki btap ba la don naduh mynbarim (native forests), ki lum ki wah bad ia ka mariang lada une u dieng u la roi palat. Lada ngi long kiba kloi ban iapein noh ia kine ki spah mariang bakordor jongngi bad une u Oil Palm khlem da wad bad pule bniah shwa ia ki jingktah ba un wanrah ha ki pateng ban dang wan, kata kan ym long kaba ai jingmyntoi bad kan pynlong pynban ia jylla Meghalaya jongngi kumba long ki ri Indonesia, Malaysia ne Sri Lanka.
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