Wokha District Planning and Development Board meeting was held on 16th September 2022 at DC's conference hall, Wokha. Vice-Chairman DPDB Wokha & Deputy Commissioner, Ajit Kumar Ranjan, IAS conducted the meeting.
The board felicitated the medal winners from Wokha district during the recently concluded 2nd Nagaland Olympics & Paralympics games 2022, where Wokha district was ranked 8th position winning 16 medals- 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 10 Bronze.
Advisor Law & Justice, Dr. Chumben Murry congratulated all the medal winners for making the district proud and hope that they would continue to do their best to bring more laurels to the district. During the meeting, Dr. Murry, Advisor Mhathung Yanthan, and DC Wokha presented recommendation certificates and cash prizes to all the medal winners.
Dr. Chumben, in his opening remark, said under the banner of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), NSCN (IM), and NNPGS have come together and the hope for a solution is raised manifold. While appreciating the FNR, he hoped that the Forum would work among the Naga civil societies to bring about reconciliation and oneness.
The Board reviewed the last meeting minutes, after which the following departments gave PowerPoint presentations: Agriculture on IFAD project, Horticulture on ATMA project, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) on agriculture technologies.
Dr. Chumben also said that 80% of the population lives in rural areas and depend on agriculture for livelihood, agriculture provides the single most important platform for income generation and food security, thus he opined on the need to evaluate the agricultural produce in the district, he also stressed on the importance of the scientific method of cultivation.
Dr. Chumben also said that agriculture and allied departments in the district needed to identify the profile of the farmers in terms of education, as he opined that more educated youth should come into agriculture sectors, which will bring a new dynamism and perspectives to agriculture as the new generation are more engaged with modern information and communication technology.
Mhathung opined that Agri and allied departments should have a coordinated approach as all the line departments have similar activities, and see that duplication or overlapping does not take place.
Powerpoint presentation on drug menace was presented by Narcotic Cell, Excise/police department. Postal services were asked to present their activities in the next meeting.
(DPRO & IA, Wokha)