Dimapur, Sep. 24 (EMN): Department of Municipal Affairs under the initiatives of the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, organised a capacity building on the 15th Finance Commission grants for urban local bodies (ULB) on September 23 at the conference hall of the Don Bosco Training Institute, Dimapur.
A DIPR report stated that the advisor of Urban Development and Municipal department, Dr. Neikiesalie Kire gave away certificates and computer to the district administrators at the valedictory function. He assured them of support and added that such training would continue in the coming days.
He expressed hoped that the trainees would play lead roles and put their knowledge to good use in their respective towns in dealing with the issues and undertakings.
Presenting the training report, Dr. K Srinivas, programme coordinator and FIC Saksham, informed that the function of MHUA was to understand the needs of municipal affairs, gaps in the implementation, and study flagship programmes. He stated that the hands-on training was practically designed to include theory and background on 15th FC, in allocation to the Government of Nagaland, in 39 urban local bodies.
Srinivas informed that the officers were made to understand the preconditions of the funds, how to improve the service level benchmark, and tied and untied grants. He expressed hope that the training activities would help them work according to the needs of their councils.
Altogether, 73 participants from 39 urban local bodies attended the programme.