Nagaland Governor, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, interacting with victims of the April 12 fire incident at Muslim Colony, Lhomithi Village, on April 15.
DIMAPUR, APRIL 15 (MExN): Nagaland Governor, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, today visited the relief camp of victims of the April 12 fire incident at Muslim Colony, Lhomithi Village that rendered around 158 families homeless.
The governor accompanied by his wife and district administration and police led by SP Dimapur, VZ Angami, interacted with the victims of the fire incident. The governor also enquired into the cause of the fire incident from the landowners of the colony and former member of Dimapur Municipal Council, Simon Yepthomi.
Meanwhile, landowner of Muslim Colony, L Akuto Yepthomi, son of late Lomithi Sema, has clarified that the fire broke out in Lhomithi village and not Rio Colony as reported in some local newspapers.
The family members of late Lomithi have also expressed gratitude to the governor and his wife for their visit and interaction with the fire victims and said that the visit would go a long way in inspiring the victims presently camped in a relief camp to start a new beginning. The Dimapur district administration led by ADC, Elizabeth Ngullie, and district disaster management authority also handed additional relief fund to the fire victims today.
