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‘ne should not miss ACCORD to invest in Nagaland out on it revolution’ Nagaland Govt officer has cheaper connectivity solution for North East New Delhi, December 27 (iANS): The Modi government is set to spend Rs 7,000 crore (nearly $1 billion) on laying a fibre optic network in the NE states to improve internet connectivity, but a senior government official from Nagaland has devised a solution that may not only cut costs by 75% but also be more effective. The official, KD Vizo, Nagaland's commissioner and IT secretary, has suggested an alternative technology - a High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) - that can be operated from an unmanned airship or a balloon. This alternative comes at an estimated cost of Rs 1,750 crore, about 25% of the Rs 7,000 crore budget earmarked for the NE out of the Rs.72,778 crore project under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN). NOFN aims to provide 200,000 gram panchayats with internet connectivity, and intended to enable the government provide e-services and e-applications nationally. A special purpose vehicle Bharat Broadband Network Limited - has been created under the Companies Act for executing the project. "Underground optical fibre, laid in the hilly terrain of the NE, with time has become defunct following landslides and soil erosion, a common phenomenon in the area because of the loose mountainous soil," Vizo told IANS. Vizo was recently in Delhi to participate in a conclave themed "Connectivity Challenges in Northeast - Way Forward'. He emphasised
that the region has already missed the first industrial revolution, but should not miss the second one, which is all about IT. The NE is entitled to a 90:10 share under the NOFN project, which is being funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). "The operating altitude of this system is normally between 17 km and 22 km from the ground because in most regions of the world this represents a layer of relatively mild wind and less turbulence. It can function as an unmanned airship or balloon and it requires only electrical power to keep it and its payload functional," Vizo explained. Since HAPS operates at much lower altitudes than satellites, it is possible to cover a small region like the NE much more effectively than with a satellite. Lower altitude also means much lower link budget (hence lower power consumption) and smaller round trip delays compared to satellites. "It is a common phenomenon to see underground optical fibre hanging on trees along national and state highways in the region. In such a situation only a mixture of wireless, satellite and OFC Network can be effective," Vizo said. Vizo said: "Unlike a satellite, which once launched, does not allow for full maintenance, in case of HAPS, it can undergo full maintenance. The cost of HAPS is only about a fourth of a normal geosynchronous Equatorial orbit (GEO) satellite." Vizo also urged the government to earmark a small budget under the USOF for installing of at least two such systems to cover the NE with wireless broadband. "If the NE is to be developed in terms of IT, then greater focus should be on wireless and satellite technologies," Vizo said.
New Delhi, December 27 (mexN): The Afro Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Occupational Research and Development (ACCORD) is set to help create skill based training facilities in the North East, particularly Nagaland and Tripura. ACCORD Patron, Prof Priya Ranjan Trivedi, Patron at a summit held recently announced that investments would be made in Tripura and Nagaland on skill based education as well as ‘drugless therapies.’ The vision document envisages a master plan for establishment of Regional Resource Centers for Skill Development in Nagaland and Tripura. It was also announced that the Ministries of Minority Affairs/Tribal Development/Skill Development will be approached for sanctioning training schedule for 25,000 young boys and girls in each state.
Speaking as Special Guest of Honour, Ambassador of Bolivia, Jorge Cardenas Robles said Bolivia has special interest in the overall development of the North-East in general and Tripura in particular. He cited the examples of the practice of cleanliness, greening, applied agriculture and skill development in his country which could be replicated for the NE. Meanwhile, the Ambassador of Mongolia Gonchig Ganbold traced the similarity between the people of the NE and Mongolia. He announced programmes to visit Tripura for collecting information regarding the ancient culture of the NE region for the benefit of the historians and archaeologists of Mongolia. Presenting the keynote address, the President of the ‘World Parliament’ Dr. Glen T. Martin stressed the need for uniting all the countries for
ensuring peace on earth in the third millennium by proposing a world constitution with no boundaries among the 200 member countries of the United Nations. CEO of ‘The Planet Earth,’ Dr. Gregory Berglund meanwhile said that there is an urgent need to reduce the process of global warming with attitudinal and behavioural change. Earlier, the Director and Member Secretary of ACCORD, Utkarsh Sharma assured member countries under ACCORD of all possible cooperation for solving problems relating to lack of peace, insurgency, war, crime, unemployment, pollution and population explosion. “Special package will be provided for the States like Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Mizoram,” he further revealed. This was informed in a press note from ACCORD Chief of Public Relations, Kaustubh Sourabh.
NSCN cadre arrested in Bengaluru
beNgAluru, December 27 (DhNS): In a joint operation, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and the Bengaluru Police on Friday (December 25) arrested a cadre of the banned National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), the prime suspect in the attack that took place on Assam Rifles personnel at Kohima’s Indira Gandhi Stadium on March 26. Based on a tip-off, the sleuths raided a hotel on M G Road here and arrested Atoshe Chopey (27), a resi-
dent of Akuluto town, Zunheboto district, Nagaland. He came to Bengaluru about six months ago as his sisters work here. He managed to get a job in a posh hotel on St Marks Road, said the police. During preliminary interrogation, Chopey confessed to his involvement in the attack. He will be produced before the local magistrate here and the NIA will secure transit remand for producing him before the NIA Special Judge in Dimapur in the coming days, said
the police. He was a part of fourmember team which carried out the attack with AK-47s and pistols on an unarmed group of Assam Rifles personnel at a bus stop in Kohima. The Centre had entrusted the investigation of the case to the NIA on May 18, 2015. Subsequently, the NIA had arrested two hard core NSCN (K) cadres Khekaho Rochill (self- styled finance secretary) and Kisheto Ayem (self styled major, Town Commander of Kohima)
and they have been charge sheeted by the NIA on November 23, 2015 in the case along with Ranjit Thapa, who was the driver of the car, used in the attack. NIA investigators have been closely tracking the group of four absconding accused involved in the shootout and based on specific inputs, Atoshe was tracked to a location near MG Road in Bangalore where he had been hiding using a false identity and working at local lodge with the assistance of his relatives.
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