Cabinet approves Rs 60 lakh for ULB victims’ memorial

Dimapur, August 20 (EMN): The state cabinet on Sunday discussed matters related to urban local bodies election and decided to sanction an amount of Rs 60 lakh for construction of a “memorial monolith” at Old Secretariat, Kohima per request from the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC).
This was informed through a press release form the chief minister’s office on Sunday. “A committee to review the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2002 was also constituted with Temjen Toy, additional chief secretary (Home) as convenor and the following 5 officers as members: Sentiyanger Imchen, commissioner of Nagaland; M Patton, commissioner and secretary of Municipal Affairs; Khanrinla, secretary of Justice and Law; Dr Toshi Mannen, director of Municipal Affairs and the commissioner of Taxes.
“The committee will consult all tribal hohos (sic) and stakeholders for reviewing the Municipal Act and will submit its report within 3 months from the date of notification of its constitution. The cabinet also decided to ask the Judicial Inquiry Committee to expedite its inquiry and submit the report at the earliest”, it informed.