Law and order situation in the state has been peaceful, says Governor
Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 21
Nagaland’s governor PB Acharya today claimed that the law and order situation in the state has been peaceful with strengthening of law enforcement mechanism and active involvement of police and administration.
He said Tourist Police was launched on November 26 last year and was widely acclaimed for ensuring an incident free Hornbill Festival 2018.
On December 1, 2018, he said Nagaland had the distinction of being the second state in the country and the first state in the North East to have the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in place when it was launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
“Today, all districts in Nagaland have women Police stations and this has ensured that Nagaland remains one of the safest states for women in the country,” Governor said.
He also said that Nagaland was awarded for being the best small state for law and order in India Today Conclave of States in November 2018.
‘We will ensure accountability’
Governor said that PDA Government has decided that with focus on transparency and good governance, “we will ensure accountability of Government to the people.”
Towards this objective, Acharya said the government has appointed Lokayukta for the state, which will go a long way in tackling corruption and ensuring fair play and justice.
He said CM Dashboard gives real time information about key parameters and schemes of various departments and the initiative was recently awarded by the Indian Express Group as one of the best use of technological applications.
It also won the e-India award for use of technology in governance.
Today, he said, all government departments have updated websites and are more accessible to the people through use of social media and technology.
“We plan to extend this and will ensure that all Village Councils and VDBs have their own websites in the next one year,” he said.
To promote tourism in sustainable manner
He said that for a green and beautiful state like Nagaland, one of the keys sectors that can revitalize state’s economy and create jobs is tourism.
“My Government has taken up several innovation concepts and ideas with the aim of promoting the state's tourism in a sustainable manner,” Governor said.
He said that Mini Hornbill Festivals coinciding with respective tribal festivals has been a huge success as not only our tourism calendar has expanded to being round the year but it has also brought tourists to explore all corners of the state.
In the years to come, Mini Hornbills will help in further helping create better tourism infrastructure as also tourism related jobs in all districts of the state, he said.
These festivals along with the Dzukou Valley Festival, Amur Falcon Conservation Week & Festival at Doyang, the People's Festival at Khezhakeno have the potential of making Nagaland a top tourist destination in the country, Acharya said.
Governor maintained that there was steady growth in number of tourists visiting the state during Hornbill festivals.
37,397 domestic and 2702 foreign tourists visited the state during the Hornbill Festival held in December, 2018.
