Kohima, October 20 (NEPS): The three days training programme on ‘Rural roads maintenance for engineers & contractors’ of Nagaland Public Works Department (Roads & Bridges) which started on October 18 here at the PWD Conference Hall concluded on October 20.
Engineers from all the 24 divisions along with their officers numbering 300 and large number local contractors attended the programme, which has been sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India and organized by Nagaland PWD.
Er Ashok Kumar Gupta, Consultant Engineer ILO and Er Bhavesh Chaturvedi, WB/PWD, Himachal Pradesh were the main resources persons. They stressed on the maintenance of rural roads with various technical presentations. They also touched upon how the Ministry used to sanction and release funds for the rural roads maintenance. The engineers and contractors also took part in the interactive sessions with the resource persons. Satisfying their interactions with the large number of participants turning up for programme, Er Chaturvedi said “We can see that our hill people in Nagaland are ready to work if they are given to do their works.” He also said some of the participants would be selected for master trainer to make inroads in the State.
Er Gupta said this kind of ‘programme and capacity building’ can do a lot of works for the 14 thousand km of rural roads in Nagaland. Er Hozheto Shikhu, Executive Engineer, PMGSY, also expressed his happiness on the successes of the programme for NPWD (R&B). Limadongdang, Additional Chief Engineer, NPWD (R&B), handed out certificates to all the participants.
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