DIMAPUR — The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, government of Nagaland, in collaboration with the National Building Organisation (NBO) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, government of India, conducted a workshop-cum-training on housing and buildings construction statistics for the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland in its conference hall in Kohima on Thursday.
In his keynote address, the secretary of Economics and Statistics, Mohammed Ali Shihab, has requested all the delegates to take maximum advantage of programme. As India will celebrate its 100 years of Independence in the year 2047 and is planning to declare as developed country, he stated that rapid migration of citizens from rural to urban areas pose a challenge to achieve the vision and needed effective and efficient policies.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]Since development in all the states are not uniform in every part of the country, he stated that NBO, as a central nodal agency, needs clarity. Shihab also added that success lies in logic basing on ABC, which stands for awareness, belief and commitment. He further stated that the idea of the workshop is to achieve the logic with teamwork and to have fruitful understandings.
The joint director of NBO, Basudeb Das, has highlighted the details of NBO, work functions and its role and responsibilities toward the statistics collection of the building materials. He informed that NBO is a custodian of housing building material statistics with a vision of housing for all.
“Scarcity of land for the construction of building of structure is also a problem of the current scenario in the state, so the practical maintenance of the practical data is very important,” he said.
The welcome address was delivered by the director of Economics and Statistics, Neidilhou Angami, and concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by the additional director and workshop coordinator, Neisatuo Puro.