Tobu citizens march to CM’s residence in Kohima to reaffirm demands
Tobu, April 29 (MExN): More than a hundred people from the Tobu area in the present Mon district marched to the residence of the Chief Minister in Kohima today to reaffirm their demand for a Tobu district.
They were led by the Tobu District Demand Committee (TDDC), stated the TDDC Secretary Shamaoh Konyak in a press release today. They reaffirmed to the Chief Minister that the Tobu district demand is one for “just and effective governance.”
The people, in the letter submitted to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, today reaffirmed a few points.
As early as in 1987, for instance, representatives of the Government of Nagaland had come to know of the difficulties and administrative inconveniences that the people of Tobu were facing. Deputy Commissioner at the time, I Alienba Ao, had proposed to the Government that it upgrade Tobu sub-division to Tobu district, a proposal that remains unfulfilled to date, reminded the TDDC in their ‘reaffirmation letter.’
Further, the District Administrative Re-organisation Committee led by R Kevichusa IAS (Rtd.) as the chairman has also submitted a suggestion to the Government of Nagaland that the Tobu sub-division be upgraded to Tobu district. Even on this the Government has taken no action to date.
The TDDC informed that some villages under Tobu are more than 190 km away from Mon district headquarters. Thus, the demand for a district is a “public cry for justice due to the prolonged years of negligence and for being left in the periphery of the administrative district headquarters for so long,” stated the letter. It is a “serious demand for Just and Effective Governance.”
A press release from TDDC informed that in a brief meeting held in the Banquet Hall of the Chief Minister’s residence, Co-Convenor of the TDDC, SP Poangba, apprised the CM of the grievances faced by the people due to which Tobu district has been necessitated.
P Longang Konyak, the TDDC stated, also conveyed to the CM that the “infrastructural development imbalances” in the district has led to “deprivation” for the people of Tobu and Moka.
A Nyamnyel, ex minister and Convenor of the TDDC updated the CM of the fact that the public of Tobu and Moka has long been a “strong supporter” of the NPF Party. He hoped that the present DAN Government led by the NPF will “fulfill the aspirations” of the people for their demand for a Tobu district.
