12,500 ganja plants destroyed on 8 acres near Putambo, Nandapur
Excise and police teams raided a forest area near Putambo village in Nandapur block, Koraput district, and destroyed 12,500 illegally grown ganja plants spread over 8 acres. The raid was part of the Clean Green programme targeting illegal cannabis cultivation in the area.
🇮🇳 Forest area near Putambo village, Chatua Gram Panchayat, Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha · India
Plants destroyed
12,500
Area
3.2 ha
Agencies
Koraput district police, Koraput district Excise Department
The Clean Green programme was under way in the Nandapur block, with police and
excise staff destroying large numbers of ganja plants over the previous four
days.[1]Acting on information about illegal ganja cultivation in the forest
area near Putambo village in the Chatua gram panchayat, excise and police
officials jointly raided the spot on Saturday.[1]
The teams destroyed 12,500 ganja plants spread over 8 acres, about 3.24
hectares, of forest land near Putambo.[1]The operation was led by Padwa
station officer Thunna Pidika, with additional tehsildar Madhav Pangi and excise
staff taking part.[1]
The account was published on 14 November 2026, the same Saturday as the reported
raid.[1]
Photos and video
Photograph published with the Eenadu report on the destruction of 12,500 ganja plants near Putambo; the page gives no caption or credit.Photo details
Tripura Police destroyed more than 20,000 cannabis plants in the protected Neramura forest and seized 355.5 kg of dried ganja from Batadola forest land in a second operation the same day. Police valued the ganja at about Rs 1.78 crore and said no one had been arrested.
Police in Udaipur district uprooted and seized 779.79 kg of green ganja plants grown illegally in the hills at Khara Kupiya, Mandwa. Three NDPS cases were registered at Mandwa police station against three residents and investigation began.
Police destroyed 467 cannabis plants growing in a villager's house compound at Binayipur in Nabarangpur district, Odisha, and arrested him. The Nabarangpur police registered a case under the NDPS Act, and a sub-divisional police officer gave the account of the raid to reporters.
Sepahijala superintendent of police Bijoy Debbarma said joint police, Tripura State Rifles and BSF teams destroyed at least 1.5 crore ganja plants in Sonamura subdivision over the past year, causing an estimated Rs 1,000 crore loss to the illegal trade. He said the crackdown lay behind a 2 November attack on a BSF team at Ashabari, after which police have arrested 21 people.
