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‘Women in all spheres of development a must’
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Morung Express News Kohima | March 15
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NFASA extends support to CANSSEA DImapUr, march 15 (mExN): The Nagaland Finance & Accounts Service Association (NFASA) in its executive committee meeting held on March 15 unanimously decided to support the demands spearheaded by CANSSEA for implementation of 7th ROP wef 1st March 2017. The executive also decided to participate in any form of agitation as decided by CANSSEA with regard to 7th ROP if the Government fails to fulfill the demand. The association therefore requested all members of the Nagaland Finance & Accounts Service Association to cooperate and participate in any form of agitation as decided by CANSSEA. This was stated in a release by President, Nagaland Finance & Accounts Service Association, RN Yanthan.
Young hunters armed with guns make their way to the jungle outskirt of Wokha town. With the hunting season open and the burning of forest for the jhum cultivation underway, it is considered a good time for hunters to track and hunt wildlife taking refuge in nearby forest away from the burning fields. (Photo by Imti Longchar)
Augmentation of water supply to Kohima ready for commission Our Correspondent Kohima | March 15
expected to be commissioned by next month. He said the entire Northern Angami side faces water problems for which this project has been sanctioned by the DoNER ministry. This project intends to provide drinking water supply to one of the most water scare blocks in Nagaland. The physical achievement so far is 95%. Sanctioned cost for this project is Rs. 2626.41 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is Rs. 2527.49 lakh. Er. Kruse also informed that the physical achievement for augmentation of water supply to Wokha town is 85%. The sanctioned cost for this project is Rs. 1959.60 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is 1760.60 lakh. Further, the physical achievement of the project for providing water supply to New Peren district HQ stands at 75%. Sanctioned cost for this project is
The augmentation of water supply to Kohima town (Zarü project) under Urban Ministry is almost ready to be commissioned. Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Chief Engineer Kevisekho Kruse today said that the physical achievement of the project up to now is 85%. The sanctioned cost for this urban water supply project stands at Rs. 4673.09 lakh and expenditure up to February 2017 is Rs. 3037.41 lakh. He said the delay in commissioning of this project targeted this month was due to delay in release of fund. The Chief Engineer also stated that a project under DoNER Ministry, NLNEW DElhI, march CPR for providing water supply to 24 vil15 (mExN): Minister of lages under Chiephobozou RD Block is State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju today stated that the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) is a relevant document. “Details of Our Correspondent net contents, date of manuthe final settlement are befacture, packing, name of Kohima | March 15 ing worked out within the manufacturer/packer and parameters of the Frame- Giving some useful hints to the retail sale price. When work Agreement. Hence consumers in the state, the such declarations are not it would be premature to Directorate of Legal Metrol- marked/labeled on the make public the Frame- ogy & Consumer Protection body of the container or work Agreement,” Rijiju (DLM&CP) Nagaland to- carton etc, it is an offence said in a written reply to a day asked them to demand under the packaged comquestion by DP Tripathi in accurate weights and mea- modities Rules, 2011. “When buying land or the Rajya Sabha today. sures in their purchase just as they demand accurate a plot for house building, always buy in terms of hectchange from the cashier. Marking the World Con- ares or square metres. Acres sumer Rights Day here to- and yards are no longer day, it stated that giving short recognized under the law,” weight or measure is an of- the directorate informed. fence under the Nagaland Meanwhile it said that while buying cooking gas, the net W a S h I N G T o N , Legal Metrology Act, 2009. “All weights, measures content should be marked march 15 (rEUTErS): on the gas cylinder and the Fossils unearthed in In- and weighing and mea- seal should be intact. dia that are 1.6 billion years suring instruments are The Consumer Protecrequired to be verified peold and look like red algae riodically and stamped by tion Act 1986 provides for may represent the earliest- the Inspector of Legal Me- a separate three tier quasiknown plants, a discovery trology & Consumer Pro- judicial consumer disputthat could force scientists to tection, under the law,” it ed redressal machinery at reassess the timing of when stated. the national, state and dismajor lineages in the tree of While buying milk, see trict levels and is intended life first appeared on Earth. that you get the right quan- to provide simple, speedy Researchers on Tuesday tity you have paid for. Short and in expensive redressal described the tiny, multi- delivery of milk due to for consumer grievances. Stating that the govcellular fossils as two types foam etc. is violation of the of red algae, one thread-like law, the directorate added. ernment is taking all steps Petrol pumps, being including the basic infraand the other bulbous, that lived in a shallow marine en- measuring instruments, structure in protecting vironment alongside mats are periodically checked consumer’s interests, the of bacteria. Until now, the by the Inspector of Legal directorate asked consumoldest-known plants were Metrology & Consumer ers to come forward and 1.2-billion-year-old red al- Protection for accurate de- find their own solution to gae fossils from the Cana- livery of Petroleum prod- their problems. “This will build confidian Arctic. The fossils were ucts, it stated adding that in dence in them. Real succase of suspected short defound in phosphate-rich livery, the matter should be cess of consumer movesedimentary rocks from Chi- reported to the Inspector ment depends upon the trakoot. They also represent of Legal Metrology & Con- active participation of the the oldest-known advanced sumer Protection. consumers because it is a multicellular organisms in It advised that while people’s movement. Thus, the broad category called buying a pre-packed com- every consumer is a must eukaryotes that includes modity, ensure that it bears to become a volunteer on plants, fungi and animals. the name of the commodity, Consumerism,” it stated.
Premature to make Framework Agreement public, says Rijiju
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Serious water supply shortage in Kohima
Mufti pitches for withdrawal of AFSPA from some areas
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Rs. 930.94 lakh and expenditure upto February 2017 is 553.89 lakh. Both the projects are under DoNER Ministry, NLCPR. Other ongoing major projects in this area includes providing water supply to Mon and 4 surrounding villages (under DoNER Ministry, NLCPR), providing water supply to Akuk old in Wokha district (under NEC), augmentation of water supply to Japukong range in Mokokchung district (under NEC), environmental improvement & sustainable conservation of twin lakes at Mokokchung town (under NLCP, under Ministry of Forest & Environment) and Pollution Abatement of Rivers Diphu & Dhansiri at Dimapur (NRCP projects under Ministry of Forest & Environment and Ministry of Urban Development).
A national seminar on ‘Gender, Social Justice and Human Rights with special reference to North East’ was held on March 15 at SIRD Conference Hall, Kohima. Jointly organized by National Human Rights Commission, India and Nagaland University, Kohima campus, Meriema, the seminar focused on two topics ‘Gender Equality is a shared vision of social justice and human rights’ (Academic Session I) and ‘Role of media in Development and Social justice: Special Reference to North East’ (Academic Session II). The speakers for the first session were Dr. Anuja S, Associate Prof. NLU Bangalore who spoke on ‘Women Empowerment, Focus on North East,’ and Dr. Rosemary Dzüvichii, Head, Department of English & Advisor to NMA who spoke on ‘Gender equality, Role of Women in good governance and development.’ “Why is it that men and women share the same geographical space but women are given a lower status in that same space?” questioned Dr. Anuja while stressing on the essence of women empowerment. Asserting that there can be no success in the world when more than half of the population is not empowered, Dr. Anuja also mentioned that empowerment is not just about economic empowerment but includes sharing of power within the home as well as society. While the NE women workforce statistics are higher compared to the rest of the country, the question also lies on the type of work, remunerations and whether the economic empowerment leads to women empowerment. “The women are the primary guardians through which the quality and quantity of human resources which promotes sustainable development within society, the social norms or the family norms is transmitted from one generation to another generation and this is where women play a critical role,” stated Dr. Anuja. Questioning the position of women in governance, Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu meanwhile posited that good governance must include women in all spheres of development. Unless women come into the decision-making, negotiation table, viewed Rosemary, the “pursuit for peace or development is not possible.” “History teaches us that if we don’t take forward women into the negotiation table, there is a dismal future for us,” she stated, while
also emphasizing on the need for women to make a differences in the community without getting diluted in the vicious cycle of corruption and violence. Reservation, as an international mandate, to bring equity, and gender differences particularly in representation in governance and political structure in relation to societal structures was also stressed. “Most Naga bureaucrats, all of them have come through reserved quotas. These are all reservation, and yet when we talk about a small quota of reservation we literally wage a full-fledged war. When we talk of good governance, it’s about democracy,” said Dr. Rosemary. The way forward, according to Dr. Rosemary is the fusion of tradition and modernity. In the second session, journalist Bano Haralu spoke on reflections of ‘North East in Media: A dialogue,’ while Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Giri, University of Delhi spoke on good governance, justice and the dream of Gandhi. Speaking on how media in NE interpret itself within the region and outside, Bano Haralu stated that the issues of the NE region, its aspirations, strives, and sentiments never get reflected. This sense of alienation is not only seen in media space but also in the political, development sphere and other engagements of the region as a whole with the rest of India. However Haralu mentioned that it is essential for media houses in the NE today “to bring to the foreground the issues that affect people through good research, good writing, having the courage to reflect the true situation.” Haralu believed that with the progress in information technology there is no limit to the exchange of information that can be had. “There is chance and opportunities today to put across all those views. If the challenges of yesteryears was technology, the challenges today as I see it is the willingness to contribute, to make a change; the challenge is of good training grounds, good mass communication schools which provide you with the foundation of looking at journalism not just as an adventure, but to keep the discipline and guidelines and ethics of journalism,” she stated. Haralu also expressed the need for more media professionals today to engage with the future and to produce journalism which is not just confined to mere reporting but to engage with the community, to communicate the voice of the voiceless, bring justice where justice is denied and provide a sense of history.
nagaland govt asks Rengma Hoho condemns delay in road works new Manipur cM assures The roads in these ar- department that “we have naga blockade will be lifted march consumers to be vigilant DImapUr, 15 (mExN): The Rengma eas, it stated, have been been fighting for this and Imphal, march 15 have substantial presence.
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Hoho today expressed concern at the attitude of State National Highway department considering that “even after receiving fund from the centre since October 2016 for the sector, Tseminyu and Wokha NH62, the department is deliberately delaying to start the work.” A press note from the Rengma Hoho questioned “how a department can take people into ransom when the people of Rengma and Lotha areas have suffered enough spending its resources, time and the physical participation of people demanding the construction of the road within its jurisdiction.”
abandoned for decades thereby inflicting suffering on the people. “...if not a fault played by the department there is no question as to why the work should not start as time frame is given to complete the work or is it the department want to make blatant lie that they are yet to receive fund from the centre,” it questioned. The Rengma Hoho said that the “people have suffered enough and we will not tolerate anymore the autocratic attitude of any authority playing with the rights of the people.” To have the good road is the right of the citizen, it added, while reminding the
suffered for too long.” It further called for “any officials involved or responsible for not taking up the work in time” to be punished. The Rengma Hoho also made it clear that the centre “has sanctioned money not to build confusion nor for any individual or group interest but for the welfare of the people.” It therefore cautioned that if the work does not start within March 2017 and completed within the stipulated time, “the people will go to the street with the issue and will not talk or listen to any reason and for anything that happens, the department and government will held fully responsible.”
(IaNS): Manipur’s new Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said his first priority is to get lifted the indefinite economic blockade of the state imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC). He was speaking to reporters shortly after his swearing-in at Raj Bhavan here. The indefinite economic blockade imposed in the state from November 1, 2016, has caused immense hardships to the common people. The United Naga Council imposed it to protest the incumbent Congress government’s move to create two new districts of Sadar Hills and Jiribam, where the Nagas
During campaigning ahead of the state assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party national leaders promised that the blockade would be lifted within 48 hours if the party formed the government in Manipur. The task has been made easier since the Naga People’s Front is a coalition partner in the BJP-led government in Manipur now. However, informed sources here said the UNC is unlikely to call off the blockade. The Congress government had maintained that the new districts were created for administrative convenience.
css Hindi teachers’ to intensify agitation KohIma, march 15 (mExN): Protesting outside the Directorate of School Education, the All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) today reiterated their nine months long demand for release of salaries to CSS Hindi teachers. Teachers from the 11 districts travelled all the way to Kohima to seek their basic entitlement to their salaries from the government. “Around 1300 of us from all districts are gathered today to protest. The officials only said that fund has not been released, therefore they cannot do anything,” said Nelson Y, General Secretary of ANHTU.
However, failure of a positive outcome today has compelled the Hindi teachers to intensify their agitation which will continue tomorrow at 9:00am at Secretariat Complex. The ANHTU in a press note meanwhile informed that it held an emergency meeting on March 15 and resolved that agitation will be continue till the department fulfils the teacher’s demands. It was further agreed upon that the protest would now be held at Nagaland Civil Secretariats outside the gate. The ANHTU informed all CSS Hindi teachers to reach the Secretariat by 9:00am.
CSS Hindi teachers protesting in Kohima on March 15.