Power outage in Kiphire Kiphire, May 15 (MExN): The public of Kiphire Town have been informed that a transformer with capacity of 500 kva, 33/0.4kv failed due to internal defect on May 15 at 7:00 am. Hence, the power supply at Medical colony, Half of PHE colony, Bazaar ward and DC Residence colony will be affected. The machine will be transported to Dimapur for repair/replacement, it was informed. The public of the affected areas have been requested to bear the inconvenience till necessary arrangement is made. ANSTA Phek highlights issues Phek, May 15 (MExN): All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA), Phek district unit has expressed support to the ultimatum submitted by ANSTA and NSSFOF demanding total bifurcation of secondary/elementary and higher secondary in schools under the Department of School Education. The deadline of the ultimatum expires on May 16. A press release from ANSTA Phek unit officials further expressed regret that SSA, RMSA & Hindi Teachers have been struggling with their pending and irregular salaries for quite a long time. The issue, it said, has to discontinue all at once because all the recently upgraded high schools across the State are functioning largely with their services. The ANSTA unit further expressed dismay that the Ad-hoc teachers who perform at par with the others teachers are paid meager amount. Stating that the importance of regularization of the Ad-hoc teachers cannot be over emphasized now, the release said, the Ad-hoc Graduate Teachers who had undergone screening test in 2014 should be regularized immediately. The release issued by Neikedu Doulo, President and Besukhoi Nienu, General Secretary, ANSTA Phek unit hoped that the State Government and the department concerned will look into the issues and take immediate action.
