Morung Express News
Dimapur | May 8
A new colony christened ‘SM Colony’ under Dimapur municipality opposite to Dimapur Railway Station was formally inaugurated on Monday by deputy commissioner Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome.
The DC in his inaugural address said recognition of a new colony is the beginning of journey of its residents on the myriad responsibilities confronting citizens including civic sense, waste management, widening of roads and other basic amenities.
Yhome said though most of citizens in Dimapur are educated and literate, yet most of them lack civic sense and tend to focus more on individual comforts and interests rather think about public or general welfare and interests.
On waste management, he said most families tend to dump wastes and garbage either on the roadside or into the drains instead of proper and designated dumping points. Once the drains are clogged, these citizens complain about the inaction of the government or municipal bodies, forgetting their role in contributing to the clogged drains, he said. The DC said there is not much point if families keep their house and compound neat and clean but the surroundings remain dirty and polluted.
Noting the narrow lanes and roads leading to the colony, the DC said it is the collective responsibility of the colony council and residents to keep the roads wide and clear and also make provisions for future widening of roads. Yhome reminded that narrow lanes and roads may prove costly in case of fire incidents or other calamities.
He further exhorted on the duties of citizens to pay to the government for the basic amenities they get such as electricity and water. Yhome said in the present context, almost all citizens possess mobile phones and they do not mind paying for recharge the instant their talk time is over. However, when it comes to paying electricity or water supply bills, most people ignore or neglect to pay them.
SM Colony (Seikhohen Memorial Colony) is named after late Seikhohen Doungel, one of the “founding members” of the Naga National Council, in whose name a school named Seikhohen Memorial School was established in his native village Bungsang, Medzhiphema, in 975 and the school was later shifted to the present colony in 1985.
