Kohima, November 4 (DIPR): The Chief Secretary of Nagaland, through an office memorandum, has notified on the decision of the government of Nagaland to conduct a mass social work on November 7. This was with a view to “spruce up” the towns of Kohima and Dimapur with the active involvement of all government employees, Municipal Councils of Kohima and Dimapur, Chambers of Commerce and the general public within the jurisdiction of the Kohima and Dimapur Municipal wards. Any remaining works like the collection of accumulated garbage, which cannot be disposed off on November 7, may continue to be covered under social work even on November 8.
In order to make the mass social work in Kohima and Dimapur on November 7 effective and result oriented, the following responsibilities and assignments have been given to various departments and organizations as under:
1 .All government departments having heavy and medium trucks shall mobilise their fleet of trucks and ensure that the trucks, which are filled with POL/diesel by the departments concerned, report on November 6, 2008 afternoon on earmarked locations to be decided upon by the Deputy Commissioners and the Municipal Councils, who shall be responsible for detailing the vehicles on November 7, 2008.
2. The Chairpersons and Ward Councils of DMC and KMC shall be responsible for mobilising labourers and the public to take active part in the mass social work in their respective wards on November 7.
3. Heads of departments and administrative heads shall issue directives to ensure that the Government employees participate in the social work by taking head counts in their respective Departments first and assigning works to them.
4. The Medical Department shall undertake cleanliness drive by physically inspecting all hotels, restaurant, eating joints, etc. and ensure hygienic conditions of the premises. Certification of hygiene of these premises from offices without physical inspection is to be totally discouraged.
5. The Urban Development Department shall repair, maintain and ensure that the high mass lightings installed at different locations of the capital city and in Kisama are in working order and made operational with immediate effect.
6. The district administration, Municipal Councils, Chamber of Commerce shall jointly take measures to effect the following:
(a)Painting and repainting and renovation of shops and establishments by shopkeepers and the homeowners particularly within the main bazaars in Dimapur and Kohima at the expense of the shopkeepers and homeowners. Each shop/establishment shall also repaint their signboards and put up external lights in their shops.
(b)Unauthorised pigsties, temporary urinals, latrines in public places which are eyesores shall be removed and future erections of these unhygienic shall stand prohibited.
7. BRO and R&B Departments shall carry out emergency repairs and improvement of roads and clearances and landslides and vegetative growth roads in Dimapur and Kohima with special focus on overall improvement of the road stretches within Kohima town leading up to Kisama on NH-39. Chief Engineer BRO and Chief Engineer (R&B) shall personally supervise the progress of the works and report physically progress to the undersigned every week.
8. The Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Nagaland shall oversee the social work on November 7 and also monitor the implementation of the government directives contained in the OM by all concerned agencies.
Since this is a very special programme of the government, active cooperation and participation of all concerned agencies, departments and the public are solicited and expected, the memorandum stated.
