[1][2][3][4] On July 7, 1966, under the section 6 of the Act, the officer of the forest settlement proclaimed an invitation to claims and objections.

[1][2][3][4] Later on, the village chief as well as other accomplices, encroaching the reserved forest areas, started stone mining activities as well as human settlements.

[9][10] In response to the unfortunate incident happened on the World Environment Day in the Nongmaiching reserved forest area, a joint meet of Coordinating Body Khurai, Joint Forest Management Committee and Laining Ejaat Kanba formed a committee named the "Nongmaiching Laiphamlen And Its Environment Preservation Committee" to safeguard the Nongmaiching Ching due to the fact that the mountain is a sacred place to the Meitei people.

[12][13] Hueiyen Lanpao, a newspaper service, inspected the areas affected by 2012 thunderstorm in the villages of Angourok, Sagolock, Awangching and Kangamthabi in Imphal East district.

Upon investigation, it was found out that most trees (which were around 20 years old) were cut down inside the Nongmaiching Reserved Forest area.

They also found out that the officials working in the Irilbung Forest Beat remain silent seeing all the illegal activities of deforestation happening under their nose.

Unfortunately, the Maring tribals living in the Sandang Senba Maring village opposed the forestation program, by filling up the dug holes and sowing bean seeds, claiming their authority over the reserved forest areas.