Dimapur, June 25 (EMN): Parliamentary Secretary of State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NSMDC), Vikho-o Yhoshü, visited its head office on June 23.
Vikho-o Yhoshü, who was stated to have left the corporation as managing director in 2007, returned to take the reins of the corporation in higher responsibility.
Highlighting the achievements and activities of the Corporation, T Longri Ao, Managing Director, said that the legislator was the ‘architect’ of the NSMDC in the early ‘80s. He attributed that most of the department’s projects were conceptualised during his tenure as Managing Director, a press release from T Longri Ao, Managing Director, stated on June 23.
In his address, Vikho-o Yhoshü mentioned that after leaving the Corporation in 2007, it was ‘just like coming back to own family and old friends.’ Being instrumental in doing the ground works that led to starting the NSMDC, he highlighted some points on how the corporation came about.
“Facing a lot of problems during the then turbulent political environment, the mini cement plant at Wazeho was started which became the main project of the corporation. But the incentives and other subsidies for mini cement plants was slowly withdrawn by the centre, leading to unforeseen obstacles and difficulties,” the press release quoted him as having stated.
“But even then, the MCP was upgraded from 50 TPD to 150 TPD. But with the government’s policy that PSUs should not be operating the factories but rather to facilitate and promote the private sector, the Government decided to privatise the mini cement plant,” it added.
In his concluding remarks, the parliamentary secretary assured to give his best to ‘clear all departmental proposals together.’
Even though the NSMDC had been facing a lot of hardships, he said the corporation “should not lose heart as we have a lot of important activities in the corporation and that if all give the best of their abilities to the corporation, we can all take NSMDC to a better and bright future,” the press release added.
