Kejanglwa (Peren), January 15 (MExN): Minister of Planning and Coordination, T.R. Zeliang today said that Nagaland needs to deeply explore the talents and potentials of youths, especially in the field of sports, by providing better and modern infrastructures if the state has to be at par with rest of the world.
Addressing the 39th annual session cum games and sports meet of Kejanglwa Youth Organisation today, T.R. Zeliang said that a time has come for Nagaland to have state of art sports infrastructures in order to explore the talents of the youths and let them compete at the national and international level.
He asserted that Naga youths have immense talents in various fields, but could not come up to the mark because of reasons like improper guidance and training, and mostly because of lack of consistency and dedication towards one’s talents.
The minister also urged upon the gathering not to disrupt developmental activities in the name of land ownership, but take public property as their own and cooperate with the government. He said that there were many cases where developmental activities have been halted, stalled or delayed because of the disturbance from the people especially in the development of road.
“People want development but when it is about to be implemented they always disrupt for one reason or other especially in the road sector,” he said. He stated that expansion of road, especially national highways and town roads could not be carried out because people build their houses too close to the road without following the rules and never willing to part even an inch for development unless government heavily compensates them. “It is becoming a problem for all of us especially Kohima and Dimapur where we take one to two hours to reach our destination because of traffic congestion when in reality we can reach in five to ten minutes,” he lamented, adding people should plan their village or town properly before any developmental activities are carried out.
