DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 6: INLAND Waterways of India has identified three rivers in Nagaland as national waterways and proposed the State government to constitute State Inland Waterways Board.
This was informed by Co-chairman of Kohima District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DDCMC) also known as DISHA Committee and Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye during its 3rd quarterly meeting on November 4 in the DC’s conference hall in the presence of Social Welfare minister Kiyanilie Peseyie and the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor.
Addressing the members, Kenye said under Jal Marg Vikash Project (Inland Water Ways), Inland Waterways of India has identified Tizu, Dhansiri and Doyang rivers in Nagaland as National Waterways. He also informed that Tizu river has been recently identified to be taken up as Super Waterways by the Government of India. In this regard, he said Inland Waterways of India had proposed the State government to constitute State Inland Waterways Board. He expressed optimism that a dedicated Board would be constituted for further necessary actions.
Kenye, who also chaired the meeting, said the district DISHA committee was considered an important committee at the Ministry level, which reviews the progress report of flagship programmes under the Ministry of Rural Development implemented by various development departments in the State.
The house discussed on implementation of flagship programmes by various departments in the district level. The programmes included MGNREGA; Din Dayal Antodhya Yojana Nation Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - GRAMIN under Rural Development Department; National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) under Social Welfare Department; Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), Swachh Bharat Mission (GRAMIN) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) under PHE Department; Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)- Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) under Land Resource Department; Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) under Power Department; Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart City Mission under Urban Development Departmen; Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana under Agriculture Department; Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid Day Meal Scheme under School Education Department; Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana under district administration; and CRF under PWD (R&B), Kohima.
Meanwhile, the house also decided to ask the following concerned departments to submit status reports at the earliest and also to attend the DISHA meetings for clarifications. They are Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) under Roads and Bridges Department; Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Housing for all-urban) and National Heritage City Development & Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) under Urban Development Department; Digital India- Land Record Modernisation Programme (NLRMP) under Land Records and Survey Department; National Health Mission under Health & Family Welfare Department; Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) under Social Welfare Department; Digital India -Public Internet Access programme-Providing Common Service Centre in Each Gram Panchayat under Information & Technology Department. The meeting also decided to issue strong letter to those members who fails to attend the meeting.
Deputy Commissioner and Member Secretary DISHA Committee also requested the concerned departments to submit their quarterly reports in a standard reporting format based on the programme being implemented by the respective departments. He informed that the next quarterly meeting will be held in the third week of January 2017.
