Dimapur, November 30 (MExN): With the state government and the Union Ministry of Railways set to introduce a new broad gauge line from Dimapur to Kohima covering a length of 125 kilometers, the village councils of Chekiye and Thilixu villages said to be taken into consultation as the proposed railway line will pass through their villages. A joint note issued by the Thilixu and Chekiye village councils’ executives said the villages have no objection to the proposed project but made clear the deputy commissioner of Dimapur, should take the two villages into consultation ‘to avoid any complications in future’. TVC chairman, Sukhavi told The Morung Express that although the villagers were told they would be consulted at the time of survey, their lands have been surveyed and marked for the project ‘without their knowledge’. That the railway line will run through 10 kilometers of Thilixu village, cutting across paddy fields, and about 1 kilometers of Chekiye village, the chairman said the DC’s circular for any “claims and objections” does ‘not feature the names of the two said villages’. The chairman has urged the DC to look into the matter and inform the survey department accordingly.
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