Despite the governments sustained efforts to stopcannabiscultivation and ganja smuggling in the state, drugmafiacontinue to promote cultivation of the illegal crop with impunity.
Cannabis Plants worth more than Rs 137 crore and spread over 9,473 acres of land were destroyed by the excise officials in 2018-19; plants worth Rs 498 crore and spread over 15,978 acres were razed in 2019-20; more than Rs 325 crore worth plants were destroyed over 22,217 acres in 2020-21 and Rs 18 crore plants were uprooted from 1371 acres in 2021-22 (until October)