Advisor for Horticulture & Borders Affairs, Mhathung Yanthan inaugurated the JJM project at Lakhuti village, Wokha district on 19th July 2022.
Addressing the inaugural programme at the Community Hall, Lakhuti, the Advisor said it was a long-awaited dream of the villagers which has come into reality and termed it a memorable and historic day. He also lauded the people for the support in the course of implementing the project and expressed gratitude on behalf of the village community to the Department and all concerned involved in the successful completion of the project.
For proper maintenance of the machinery, Yanthan stated it depends on how best the village authority and the community maintain it, and urged them to utilize it with a sense of ownership and take responsibility for it as their own, and take good care of the machinery and urged the village Council and WATSAN committee members to work out modalities as to how revenue can be generated for maintenance of the machine and pumps.
E.E. PHED, Wokha Imnazulu Ao said very shortly the Department would officially hand over the project to the village authority where he urged the villagers to maintain and follow JJM guidelines and take responsibility for maintaining the machinery, he also urged the village Council to come out with a resolution to ensure machines, pipelines, and pump are properly taken care of.
The project was executed by the Department of PHED with the main source located at Chumbolong and the main reservoir has a capacity of 1 lakh litter which aims to provide safe drinking water to all the households in the village.
Later in the day the Advisor, accompanied by officials from PMGSY E.E HQ In-charge Nagaland, departmental officials from Wokha and Kohima, Technology Provider-ELEMER enterprise, Contractor M/S.North East Enterprise and village elders, inspected the ongoing construction of the road under PMGSY from Sanis to Lakhuti to ensure quality work is maintained and to oversee the progress of work. The Advisor also inspected the ongoing construction of a playground at Lakhuti village carried out under Khelo India to take stock of the progress of work.
(DPRO & IA Wokha)
