A Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, MARCH 22
Having recognized the importance of having an umbrella organization for welfare, an organization of beauty parlours in Dimapur that was dormant since 2005 has now taken an initiative to revive the association to unite workers of the local beauty industry.
The association was formed in the year 2005 and comprised only parlours before the subsequent addition of salons in the year 2009. The name that they have instated is in the name and style of ‘Dimapur District Beauty and Salon Association (DDBSA)’.
The association saw the growing number of parlours and salons scattered in and around the district revived DDBSA on Tuesday at the Hotel Saramati. Co-chairman of the popular anti-corruption ACAUT, Dr Khekugha Muru, and general secretary of the East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA), Solomon Awomi–also a member of the ACAUT–attended the event as special guests.
In his address, Dr Khekugha Muru congratulated the DDBSA on its revival. The anti-corruption activist said that the beauty industry was industry that can improve the economic state of Nagaland. He advised the members to seek recognition from the government as parlours, beauticians, and salons as a trade can attract tourists in Nagaland while creating more job opportunities for the region.Citing the rampant so-called ‘tax’ in Nagaland as one of the most critical issues the people of Nagaland are fighting, Dr Khekugha Muru said that employees and employers of the industry can all work together and feel secure under one umbrella while fighting corruption.
The special guest also suggested that the members make ‘hygiene’ their main motto and that sterilization of any kind of equipments and machines are made imperative; it should be made compulsory in all parlours and salons, he advised. He also suggested that the association take a step forward by not being confined within the district but collaborate with other districts.
Solomon Awomi who also spoke during the programme extended full support from the EDBA with the DDBSA. He said that beauty parlours and salons were an important component of social life as they take care of individuals’ presentation and offer them ‘confidence in facing the world.’
Awomi advised the members to work together in unity and see to that the association bears good fruits in the days to come.
The conference hall of Saramati Hotel was packed with employees of various parlours and salons of the district and the owners as well.
