Dimapur District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held on Friday wherein excise department in its presentation citied shortage of manpower as one of the main constraint in enforcing duty effectively.
According to DIPR report, Dimapur DPDB meeting was held at conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur and chaired by parliamentary secretary for irrigation & flood control Jacob Zhimomi who is also the chairman of DPDB Dimapur.
An Excise department official while highlighting shortage of manpower pointed out that there are only 35 field staffs in Dimapur and added that the department requires minimum 100 personnel to carry out the activities efficiently.
When queried by the chairman DPDB Dimapur as to how the department was taking action to those hotels in Dimapur who are serving liquor, the excise department official cited inadequate manpower, lack of conveyance and security of the personnel as the main hindrances for failure of the department.
With regard to issuing of license, he replied that the department was not the issuing authority and the same is being issued by DMC. The official also informed that seized articles are destroyed periodically.
It was also informed that an amount of Rs. 32,45,500 has been realised through fines and the same has been deposited to the state Exchequer during the period from January 2015 to December 2015. The department of soil & water conservation also gave their departmental presentation highlighting the various schemes taken up by the department.
The schemes implemented by the department are Integrated Land Development Project under NAPARD, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana or CSS Scheme, Integrated Water Shed Management Project(IWMP) state sector, Stream Bank Erosion Control(state sector) and plantation of lime for sustainable agricultural production. The soil department informed the house that presently, the state sponsored schemes are put on hold due to severe fund constraints.
In the meeting the Board approved for opening of two new schools i.e. Government Primary School, Ghokito Village, Kuhuboto, Dimapur and Beanstalk School Lengrijan, Dimapur, based on the verification report of the sub-committee. The Board also approved for recognition of Spring Field School, Ruzaphema Block III, Dimapur, up gradation of GMS, Chekiye to GHS and District Evaluation Study on Hotel Management in Dimapur District. The board entrusted fisheries and land resource departments to give their departmental presentation in the next DPDB meeting. The meeting ended with vote of thanks from the chair.