TR Zeliang: Need to explore sporting talents

EMN PEREN, JANUARY 15 Minister of Planning and Coordination, TR Zeliang on Wednesday said that Nagaland need to deeply explore the talents and potentials of youths especially in the fields of sports by providing better and modern infrastructures if the state has to be at par with rest of the world.Addressing the 39th annual session cum games and sports meet of Kejanglwa Youth Organisation today, the minister said that a time has come even for Nagaland also to have state of art sports infrastructures if the real talents of youths are to be explored and let them compete at the national and international level. He asserted that Naga youths have immense talents in various fields but could not come up to the mark because of reasons like improper guidance and training and mostly because of lack consistency and dedication towards one’s talents. Minister also urged upon the gathering not to disrupt developmental activities in the name of land ownership but take public property as their own and cooperate with the government. He said that there were many cases where developmental activities have been halted, stalled or delayed because of the disturbance from the people especially in the development of road. “People want development but when it is about to be implemented they always disrupt for one reason or other especially in the road sector” he said. He said expansion of road especially national highways and town roads could not be carry out because people build their houses to close to the road without following the rules and never willing to part even an inch for development unless government heavily compensates them which is very difficult for the government. “It is becoming a problem for all of us especially Kohima and Dimapur where we take one to two hours to reach our destiny because of traffic congestion when in reality we can reach in five to ten minutes”, he said and added that people should plan their village or town properly before any developmental activities is place. The simple problem was chaired by Amia, advisor, KYO, welcome address by Ramta, President, KYO, special melody from Namteirai and friends and inauguration of newly constructed rostrum.