CM reviews status of roads in Nagaland

As a follow-up to suggestions and feedback received online concerning the deteriorating road conditions in the state, the state chief minister, TR Zeliang, on Thursday convened an emergency meeting at his residential office to oversee the status of road maintenance and renovation in the state.
According to CMO media cell, the state government was “all revved up” to streamline the working system for infrastructure development, transparency and good governance.
In this connection, a seminar was slated to be held during which government departments like PWD (Road & Bridges), National Highway, Nagaland State Disaster Management Agency, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Border Roads Organisation etc would highlight the details of their work, CMO stated.
The chief minister has reportedly asked government officials to take up individual responsibility and identify road development works while categorizing them into completed and ongoing projects.
CMO said the chief minister announced that “the purpose of organizing the seminar is to bring to the knowledge of the general public, which implementing agency is responsible for which road, and also to identify the number of roads under respective implementing agency during which various civil societies, tribal hohos and NGOs will also be invited.”
The chief minister, who officially joined social media platforms on August 21, 2017, said the problem with road connectivity was the one issue mostly raised by the public on social media. He stated that all the departments concerned with roadways were bound to make their activities public to maintain transparency.
Zeliang also appealed to the citizens to be “more positive in their approach while questioning the government”. He stated that the genuine problem faced by the public will be addressed on priority basis.
Further, the chief minister directed “all the nodal departments particularly related to road connectivity to fully utilize the available machinery and manpower under their respective department.”
Earlier, Zeliang said that the idea of his entry into social media was focussed on good local governance with the motive to set a precedent for a new era of government-citizen engagement and to move the society towards a more transparent and collaborative future.