NH-02: Aggrieved Landowners Adhoc Union (ALAU) to disallow construction works

DIMAPUR: Reiterating the “unresolved issues still pending” with regard to payments of land/damaged compensation for 2-lane constructions from Doyang to Izheto under NH-02, Aggrieved Landowners Adhoc Union (ALAU) on Wednesday stated that unless the issues were resolved with aggrieved landowners, “no construction activities will be allowed” and responsible department officials would be held responsible for any delays or obstructions.
In a press release, chairman Er. KT Hevito Labo and secretary & counsel Z. Abel Assumi stated that the deputy commissioner instead of “resolving the mess left behind by his predecessor” was “trying to force the village councils to issue NOCs” which it said was a futile exercise.
Claiming that final survey was done (2016-17), ALAU said NH authority Mokokchung division along with district administration Zunheboto “carried out reassessment” of the compensations “clandestinely between June-November 2020 without knowledge of affected landowners, except few influential/handpicked individuals.” It alleged that DC Zunheboto without knowledge of landowners submitted damage assessment report to EE PWD, NH Div-11, Mokokchung “with different dates on signature and issue members”.
After receiving the same from DC, ALAU claimed that EE PWD NH Div-11 forwarded the revised estimates to chief engineer, PWD, NH Nagaland Kohima “under suspicious signature.”
The union stated that no further correspondence from CE PWD NH Kohima nor approval order for revised estimates was given by any authority.
It questioned DC Zunheboto and EE PWD, NH Mokokchung as to who ordered for revised estimates after approval sanction was received from MORTH and why the landowners were kept in the dark.