Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) on Friday cleaned a major drainage in Dimapur town near Nagarjan Police Point junction under the supervision of DMC administrator, H. Atokhe Aye and leaders of Medical Colony and United Colony Ward no. 20.
It must be noted that GBs and council members of the two colonies have been roping in manpower for the last one week to clean the heavily clogged drain which creates artificial floods in at least 12 colonies upstream.
Head GB, United Colony Ward no 20 stated that garbage thrown into the drain by nearby lounges was one of the main factors causing avoidable clogged drain. Warning that defaulters would be heavily fined, leaders of the two colonies directed the public of the area to throw garbage, after dark, at the roadside opposite Hotel Ne-Li and another place near Nagarjan Police Point so that DMC workers could collect in the morning.
Meanwhile, DMC administrator, H. Atokhe Aye appreciated the initiative of the two colonies to clean the drainage and appealed to other colonies to emulate the activities of the two colonies in maintaining public properties as their own. Further, chairman, United Colony, G. Kits said that United Colony and Medical Colony had also taken up road filling work opposite Government Higher Secondary School, Dimapur and cleaned the side drains.