PEREN, FEBRUARY 13 (MExN): Stating that the rural population was burgeoning across the hamlets in Nagaland State, Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Saturday called for establishment of well-planned villages with future progress in mind.
By doing so, the issue of human congestion, as is witnessed in the towns and cities, will not be an issue in the future, the chief minister said while inaugurating Gailinamdi village under Peren District. This village has been recognized as a ‘model village.’
In a DIPR report, Zeliang said every good work is the result of a well-planned programme and this code also applies in the building of well-planned villages.
Encouraging villagers to envisage well-planned villages and then maneuver it into a model village, Zeliang said this require the co-operation and hard work of the villagers.
The government alone cannot make a village into a model-both the stakeholders, which are the villagers, and the State government has to work side by side, he added.
The chief minister also apprised the villagers to evolve a system to govern the village in order to sustain onslaught against the ethos and cultures of the village life.
Also maintaining that since humans have no power over the topographies of the land, Zeliang said one has to plan it to suit one’s needs.
Zeliang also stressed on the need for villagers to posses the quality of good citizen and hospitality, which he pointed out, is vital while planning a model village.
Home Minister Y Patton, Minister for Rural Development, CL John, Peren Deputy Commissioner Peter Lichamo and former Minister Neiba Ndang also addressed the gathering.
Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated the village gate and released the Zeme Literature Handbook. The programme also witnessed cultural items by the villagers. Gailinamdi village has a household of 60, with a population of 271 members.
