Dimapur, Oct. 27 (EMN): Officials of the government departments in Wokha are asked to create specifics and detailed action plans to bring about positive impact on villages that are being 'adopted' by the authorities.
The objective of the initiative is to develop the selected villages ‘in an integrated manner’ which will include aspects of economic development, infrastructure development and focus on education, health, and drinking water supply facilities, updates stated.
The government publicity agency the department of Information and Public Relations (IPR) issued updates informing about the meeting.
The monthly meeting of the District Planning and Development Board of Wokha was conducted on October 22 in the deputy commissioner’s conference hall in Wokha.
The government publicity agency the department of Information and Public Relations (IPR) issued updates informing about the meeting.
The advisor for Horticulture Mhathung Yanthan also attended the meeting.
Reviewing agenda from the previous meeting concerning adoption of villages, the additional deputy commissioner of Wokha, Mhathung Tsanglao apprised the board members about the aims and objectives and action plan.
The official told the board that the objective was to develop the selected villages ‘in an integrated manner.’
This will include economic development, infrastructure development and other aspects of human development like education, health and drinking water supply facilities, the IPR stated.
Tsanglao said that the adoption plan was to inspire the rural communities to ‘dream, plan, mobilise force and resources for sustainable development of each member who can realize their full potential and create such ecosystem for positive behavioural transformation.’
Likewise, the idea is to establish “convergence models” of resources, manpower to achieve comprehensive development in tune with people’s aspirations and potential, the board was told.
He highlighted important interventions in the form of community, economic, area development and capacity building; and rejuvenation of natural resources system through the ‘convergence’ of schemes and documentation and reporting, the IPR stated.
Advisor Yanthan, also the chairman of the board, urged officials of the departments to come up with the specifics and detailed action plan to bring about positive impact for the adopted villages.
In other matters, the chairman of the board, on behalf of the Wokha officials thanked outgoing deputy commissioner of the district, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, who is leaving the district on transfer, for the positive contribution he had made to the district.
Yanthan lauded Samoon for the successful conduct of three elections during his tenure and bringing laurels to the district by winning two awards. The legislator wished him success in his new assignment as a government servant.
During the meeting the board approved the implementation committee members for local area development programme for 2019-20 schemes for Wokha district; creation of a medical sub-centre at new Changsu and old Koro villages.
Later, Yanthan visited the ITI complex and held a brief interaction with the officers, staff and the trainees there, the updates stated.
The Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection and Social Welfare departments presented a report of their departmental activities and programmes, the IPR stated.
Samoon calls for Amur falcon protection
The IPR also reported in its bulletin that Samoon had appealed to the community to conserve th Amur falcons in the district. According to the IPR, the official said Nagaland was declared the ‘falcon capital of the world’ and had found its rightful place on the global map for conservation of the migratory birds.
Thousands of the small aerial predators gather in the forested areas of Doyang River in Wokha district every year during the months of October and November.
“Nagaland has achieved great merit due to the successful conservation of the Amur falcons which are protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and also under the Convention on Migratory Species of Birds and Animals (CMS) to which India is a signatory; and therefore, to continue giving a safe passage to the Amur falcons, DC has prohibited that any activity detrimental to the safety of the Amur falcons,” the IPR stated.
Further, the Amur falcons’ roosting site has been declared a temporary “silence zone” within a radius of three kilometres during the months of October and November.
High intensity sounds have been proven to stress wild animals and birds which can force species to abandon their habitats and in addition, interfere with their communications thereby affecting their reproductive interactions and survival.
‘All activities that may/can cause disturbance to the Amur falcons during their migration season have been prohibited in and around the roosting site as well as throughout the district with immediate effect,’ the IPR added.
