Dimapur, April 14 (EMN): The Kuda village council (KVC) has termed “myopic” the statement of the opposition Naga People’s Front (NPF) accusing the present Nagaland government of favouring the KVC when distributing MNREGA funds.
The council issued a press release on Saturday expressing shock at being ‘dragged into a controversy by the NPF which is presently in opposition.’ It stated that for the present principal secretary of Rural Development–‘being the son of one of the first settlers of not only Kuda (Nagarjan) village but the whole of Dimapur who had settled in Kuda village in the early 1940’s’–it was only natural for him to have ‘unwavering concern and interest’ for the development of Kuda village in particular and Dimapur town in general.
“It may be pointed out that the last major developmental activity undertaken by the government apart from normal VDB programmes was in 2001-2002 under PMGSY for ‘repair and renovation of Kuda road from Nagarjan police point to 3rd Mile, NH 29’ which was during the Congress government in the state. Though the road cater to much of the light vehicles to Dimapur town, being the bye-pass road from NH 29, the subsequent governments did not bother to even repair the road, though the same was in a very bad shape which compelled the village council to repair the road from its own funds as follows:
- In 2011 incurred expenditure of INR 4.20 lakh for repair of Kuda road.
- In 2012 incurred expenditure of INR 2 lakh for repair of Kuda road.
- In 2013 incurred expenditure of INR 4 lakh for repair of Kuda road.
- In 2014 incurred expenditure of INR 14.92 lakh for repair of Kuda road.
“It is also learnt that in 2016 the then NPF government sanctioned an amount of Rs 1.50 crore for repair of Kuda road, but every commuters knows very well that the pot-holes needs to be filled up urgently before the onset of monsoon and therefore, the village council has once again resolved to fill up the pot-holes from its own fund and for this, the council has sanctioned an amount of Rs 4 lakh. The work shall be executed within 2 weeks time,” the statement read. It appealed to the NPF not to politicise the matter.
