Mongchen villagers constructs link road on their own
Morung Express News
Mongchen | November 24
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, YM Yollow today inaugurated the Mongchen Milak Link Road Achula Lenden here today which was also attended by parliamentary Secretary for IT&C and DAN, Dr Longriniken as the guest of honor. The parliamentary secretaries were accompanied by a host of government officials, NPF party workers, village elders from the neighboring villages and others.
The Mongchen Milak Link Road, which is a little more than ten kilometers in length leading from Mongchen to Milak River, was constructed with contributions from the villagers themselves and also with contributions from the local MLA, parliamentary secretary Dr Longniken who donated his JCP excavator and also an initial sum of Rs 1 lakh to start off the work.
At a public meeting which was held at the community hall after the inauguration programme, the chief guest, YM Yollow promised the Mongchen villagers that the Department of Agriculture will surely put the village in some departmental programmes in the days to come. Nonetheless, while saying that Mongchen village has ‘a future’, Yolow urged the villagers to work hard, develop the village forest and field area, so that the village can be more developed in the years to come. Advisor Planning & Coordination, CM Chang, who supposed to be the chief guest at the inaugural function and who arrived a day earlier, had to leave Mongchen village due to some unavoidable circumstances. As such YM Yolow had to take the honors of inaugurate the link road.
Guest of Honor, Parliamentary Secretary Dr Longriniken, while speaking at the meeting, termed that with the inauguration of the Mongchen Milak Link Road, two of his dreams had come true. He said that right after his election as the MLA from 29th Jangpetkong A/C in 2013, he had shared his dreams with the constituency villagers of making the Jangpetkong range as an tourist destination; of turning the range into economic zone and to preserve the wildlife in the Milk river and forest areas.
In this connection, he highly congratulated the Mongchen villagers for constructing the link road out of their own pocket without the help of any government agencies and asserted that this link road will uplift the economy of the village. He further asserted that such link roads which connects the Naga villages with the rivers and valleys if constructed by all the villages (since all the villages share borders) then the valley areas would be turned into some sort of a city where farm and other products in terms of crores can be produced.
Also speaking at the programme, the Addl Director of Agriculture, Imtitemjen also praised the Mongchen villagers for setting the ‘best example’ (of self-reliance) not only for the Aos but also for the Nagas.
Others who spoke at the programme included the NPF Mokokchung Division Vice-president, L Yanger Ao. The Mongchen Village Council chairman welcomed the guests and invitees while the convener of the Construction Committee, Temsukaba Longkumer delivered a short profile of the project.
Mongchen, which is located in the Jangpetkong range, is a small village but with a village having a very high number of educated persons, government officers and well-known personalities. With the successful completion of the Mongchen Milak Link Road, the village has achieved another milestone which is expected to boot the economy of the village.
Earlier after the inauguration of the road, the parliamentary secretaries and their entourage were taken for a tour of the famed Jena & Etiben Mongchen (Jena & Etiben sojourning place, the name Mongchen is derived from it) - which is a tourist spot - and were given time to relish the grandeur of the natural beauty and a treat to the legendary love story of the Ao Romeo & Juliet story which was recited by Dr Arenla T Mollier.
