Infographic: Is West Bengal the largest cultivator of illicit opium? – Times of India

The official data on the destruction of Illicit opium crops is typically taken as a proxy for the extent of the cultivation of illegal opium. Crop-destruction data shows that in 2016 alone, more than 4,000 acres of illegal poppy crop was destroyed in West Bengal — the highest in the country, followed by Manipur and Uttarakhand.