CM calls for public cooperation for urbanization

EMN Dimapur, March 8 Chief Minister TR Zeliang today called for public cooperation with authorities for overall development of towns, saying urbanization in the State is taking place at a rapid pace. Inaugurating Shamator Town Council this morning, the chief minister said people are thronging the towns from villages and there is a need to have smart plans for basic civic amenities. Urbanisation is a global phenomenon and the Government of India, realizing the need for building smart towns and cities has come up with “Smart City” projects, he said. “Even those towns and cities which are not eligible for this Central Smart City project equally need smart plans and development. That is why my Government had decided to create a new department called Department of Municipal Affairs with Tohanba as the first Parliamentary Secretary to take charge. Shamator, being his constituency, I am confident he will not only over see the functioning of the town council but usher in smart plans so that people of the town do not face civic problems most of the older towns in the state are facing, the chief minister said. “We must imbibe civic sense and cooperate with the authorities concerned at all time. We must remember that the common good is greater than individual interests.” Reminding the gathering that Tuensang district is the pioneer district which existed even before statehood, he urged the people of the district to show the way forward and continue to be the pioneer in uniting the Nagas for our common cause. Zeliang said, unity of the Naga people is the most desirable necessity and prerequisite at this crucial moment when the Government of India headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to solve the vexed and protracted Naga political problem, and all the 60 elected members have come together for the same purpose. In crucial juncture, the public should also join hands in support for an early solution and also urged all NPG to come together, he added. “In this way our young generation can move forward for peace and prosperity, once peace is insured in our land we have every opportunity to explore tourist destination in various parts of our State and economy of the people will also be secured,” he said.