These pictures go with the Arunachal article on this web site.
They show happy people producing illicit opium and selling it unabashedly in Lohit & Anjaw Districts of East Arunachal Pradesh, India.
All pictures by
Romesh Bhattacharji
Opium Valleys of Arunachal
such huge trees are cut to make way for swiddens. And then for opium to be sown. Both are illegal activities. And without official indifference they would not be possible.