Kohima DDCMC quarterly meeting held

Kohima, August 18 (DIPR): The Kohima District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DDCMC) (Disha Committee) held its quarterly meeting under the chairmanship of DDCMC Chairman and Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio at DC’s Conference Hall on August 18.   Minister for Social Welfare, Kiyanilie Peseyie, Minister for Forest, Dr. Nicky Kire, MLA Vikho Yhoshu, MLA Neiphrezo Keditsu and Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor IAS were also present in the meeting.   Chairing the meeting, Neiphiu Rio said that the meeting has been convened to review the progress of the flagship programmes under the Ministry of Rural Development implementing in the district level. He said that the committee is to discuss on the ongoing activities and also the grievances faced by the line departments while implementing the programme in the district level. He also asked the departments to present their reports in written in every meeting so that the area elected members would be aware on the ongoing programme in their respective areas.   On the presentations of various flagship programmes under the Ministry of Rural Development highlighted by different developmental departments, Rio suggested the DRDA Kohima to have a monitoring mechanism which is required to ensure every citizen must work and eat under the implementation of the programmes.   On Social Welfare presentation under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Rio asked the Department to co-ordinate with GBs and Councils of the Villages/ Wards for verification of the listed beneficiaries so as to reach the right eligible persons. Dr. Kire also advised them to cross check the list with the Panchayat and verify the eligible persons while issuing the scheme to the beneficiaries.   Rio asked the Department of PHE to co-ordinate with its line Departments to work out together in order to manage and divide the water for farming and consumption during the dry season. Rio also asked the education department to conduct surprise checking on the teachers available in their duties and also to check the school’s performances for further necessary action.

  On Power sector, Rio commented that the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) is the only source where improvement of power system can be upgraded for electricity distribution. He said that IPDS is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Power and under this Scheme, the sub-transmission network and distribution network and metering in urban areas will be strengthened to supplement the resources of DISCOMs/ Power department. He also asked the department to know the actual power position and its system and as to how the resources can be taped.   In this regard, the DC informed the house that to minimize the power consumption in the district and also with an aim to reduce the electricity bills of an individual, the Kohima District Administration has recently initiated and launched the ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ where a Memorandum of Understanding was also signed with Energy Efficient Services Limited (EESL) to continue the programme and cover all the villages under the district.   Mor also apprised the members that the Committee’s quarterly meeting has been earmarked after every three months and requested all the members to give importance to this meeting and also to maintain and record the achievement of their implementing programmes up to date in order to present in the next meeting. The members were also requested to go through the guidelines to meet the requirements.   The presentations were given by the following departments highlighting their achievements and on-going activities under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Ministry of Rural Development which included DRDA Kohima, Social Welfare, Road and Bridge, Land Resource, PHE, Kohima Municipal Council, Education and Medical department.