DIMAPUR, NOV 3 (NPN): District Magistrate Kohima, B. Henok Buchem, has reiterated orders on construction-site safety, roadside encroachments and overhead cables and pipes in Kohima district.
DM directed building construction firms, agencies and individuals to comply with the November 21, 2025 order requiring construction sites to be covered with perimeter hoarding, debris netting, scaffold shrink-wrap, Monarflex sheeting or equivalent measures. The directions aim to protect public health, safety and the environment. Failure to comply would attract penalties under relevant laws.
In another order, the DM directed the immediate removal of construction materials, exposed and unhygienic toilets and urinals, pig sties and encroachments along roadsides in and around Kohima city.
The order stated that such encroachments impaired road safety, jeopardised public health and degraded the environment. Unauthorised structures, materials and vehicles would be removed by the competent authority without further notice and at the defaulter’s expense.
DM also reiterated the November 21, 2025 order directing telecommunications companies, internet service providers, cable TV operators, water supply agencies and other concerned parties to remove redundant, abandoned and unused overhead cables and pipes.
Active cables and pipes must be bundled, sleeved and securely fastened in accordance with approved technical standards. Non-compliant cables and pipes would be removed by the competent authority without further notice, at the defaulter’s expense.
The three orders are to be read with the earlier orders issued on November 21 and 27, 2025.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026