Mass social work across Nagaland on Nov 12

As part of the preparations for the upcoming festive season, the state government has decided to hold a mass social work with the objective of ensuring cleanliness, enhancing hygiene, and beautification of the public places in the State on November 12, 2025.
According to a DIPR report, the mass social work would be held across the State involving the government employees with the active participation of the general public.
The home department has informed that the deputy commissioners (DCs) would coordinate and take steps for ensuring the full participation of all the government departments/offices and the urban local bodies (ULBs) for successful conduct of the mass social work.
DCs have been asked to actively reach out for ensuring the maximum participation of the general public in coordination with the civil society organizations and the village councils.
The home department informed that the following points be taken care of during the mass social work: All building materials stacked on the road sides should be immediately removed; latrines, pig stys discharging their waste on the road side should be removed/ demolished; shops in the town should have proper signboards with proper lighting at night. The damaged/defaced signages should be redone. The shops and business establishments should also be encouraged to repaint.
The villages on the highways (both National and State) should take responsibility for vegetation clearance on the road stretch in their respective jurisdiction. NHIDCL/works & housing/ rural development departments shall coordinate and take further steps in this regard and issue separate instructions.
Dividers along Dimapur-Kohima Highway, would be cleaned by the village authorities under whose jurisdiction the stretches fall.
The district administration and agri-allied departments will coordinate for working out aesthetically pleasing with similar design for the vegetable vendor stalls, marketing sheds etc. on the road sides along the highways.
The urban development department shall in coordination with all ULBs take steps to: Ensure proper sanitation along the roads. Ensure that meat shops do not sell meat in an uncovered manner in order to ensure proper hygiene and to prevent contamination by houseflies/insects etc. and initiate a special drive to clean the towns of Plastic Waste.
The departments of school education, higher education and technical education shall issue separate instructions on participation during mass social work.
DCs shall constitute special teams to conduct surprise checks to ensure that the directions are implemented. Strict action may be initiated against non-participants and appreciation may be provided at the level of the DPDBs for significant contribution during the mass social work