Development / Nagaland

DIMAPUR, Feb 11 ? Delays and frequent cancellation of flights to and from Dimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland, would be a thing of the past with the arrival of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to be installed at the Dimapur Airport over the next couple of months. The Park Air Systems manufactured equipment arrived here in three truckloads recently. The ILS comprising of two parts the localizer and the glide part including DME (distance measuring equipment) would be set up at the northern and southern ends of the runway to facilitate the safe landing of aircraft during inclement weather...

LONGWA (Indo-Myanmar border), Feb 9 ? ?Nga trade chira India me... (we want trade with India for which both India and ?Burma? should work together for boosting trade), this was observed by a group of Myanmarese people living along the international border near Longwa. Longwa, a small village of Mon district of Nagaland has become a major trade point between India and Myanmar. The people of both the countries exchange their goods through barter system on every Friday, keeping aside their border dispute. The Indians generally exchange salt, potatoes, cattle and clothes while the Myanmarese...

KOHIMA, Jan 30 ? Incidence of HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IVDU) has registered a declining trend but the ante-natal cases and the spread of the dreaded disease through sex is on the rise in Nagaland, the sixth most-affected state by HIV/AIDS in the country. The incidence of HIV infection among drug users appears to be reducing due to greater awareness and targeted intervention projects carried out by NGOs and Nagaland AIDS Control Society, state chapter of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for the past couple of years, according to official sources here.

Although...

Dimapur, Jan. 28: Nagaland?s net surfers are living through a virtual nightmare and that is putting the matter lightly.

Ask any surfer in the state and he is sure to tell the same tale: the modem keeps on making weird noises as the surfer waits, frets and fumes. Even if one is lucky to be connected to the web, the data flow is so slow that it?s enough to give headaches.

?Don?t even ask...the very thought of surfing triggers my migraine,? says Tainla, a housewife from Kohima.

?One day I frittered away four precious hours just to attach a mail as the byte (data flow) simply refused to kick up...

Dimapur, Jan. 18: The Dimapur Airport Advisory Committee has decided to introduce a slew of measures to enhance services and facilities at the airport. In a recent meeting, the committee discussed the lack of facilities for passengers at the airport. The meeting was necessitated by an increase in flight services with the introduction of ATR aircraft.

The meeting, chaired by the lone Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland, C. Apok Jamir, discussed issues like passenger services, transportation problems, hygiene, maintenance of essential services, layout and illumination of the airport.

Sources said the...

KOHIMA, April 21 ? Nagaland has urged the Centre to accord grass-root level statutory bodies and community organisations the status of NGOs and suggested evolution of new mechanism to make funding to voluntary sector more transparent and accountable, reports PTI. Speaking at the conference on role of voluntary sector in national development in New Delhi yesterday, Chief Minister S C Jamir advocated for recognition of village councils, village development boards (VDB) and grass-root level health-care and assistance from different Central ministries. After passing the Communitisation of Public...

ITANAGAR, April 17 ? The Centre has not yet given green signal for introduction of mobile telephone in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur due to security reasons, reports PTI. The chief general manager of BSNL, North East II, Krishna Kumar told reporters here Tuesday that BSNL would not introduce mobile phones in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur as it has not received green signal from the Centre on this issue. However, the internet facilities in the three States would be given further extension in due course of time, he said. Kumar said his department was doing its best to bring...

NEW DELHI, March 27 ? In an encouraging development, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is likely to re-start its Nagaland operations shortly, even as the two oil companies including Oil India Limited (OIL) has attributed breakdown in law and order situation and poor infrastructure facilities in the region as among the main factors for a sharp decline in crude oil production in the region. Its truce time in Nagaland an so taking advantage of it, the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has hammered out an agreement with the Nagaland Government to resume operations in the State, under...

KOHIMA, March 3 ? Nagaland Chief Minister SC Jamir on Friday dedicated the augmented water supply project at Dimapur to the people of the State and called upon them to change their mindset on holding of land system to facilitate development activities reports PTI. Formally inaugurating the 13-point Rs 33-crore Water Supply Scheme at Chumukedima village, Jamir regretted encrochment of land and project site saying such activities hamper the smooth construction of schemes in many parts of the state and insisted that a new mindset of development spirit should be inculcated. The water supply...

KOHIMA, Jan 21 : The Nagaland government has claimed the implementation of its ambitious scheme for production of rice and maize in the state in 2001 was “successful” and additional areas have been brought under cultivation of the two major crops, reports PTI. The government had declared the year 2001 as “Year of Rice and Maize” by extending necessary assistance to farmers to attain self-sufficiency in foodgrain production in the state where the requirement is met through import. Official sources here said under the new initiative, additional area of 4,936 and 4,284 hectares were brought under...