Asserting that health care service was an important focus area, the governor of Nagaland, La. Ganesan, on Thursday remarked that quality healthcare should be the ultimate goal.
Governor, who visited Wokha district and held a meeting with heads of offices in the district and civil societies organisations (CSOs) at the deputy commissioner’s official residence Wokha, said that the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) started in 2008 by Government of India to improve the health care delivery system in rural areas, has boosted the health sector in a big way.
Today, he said that so many health-related schemes of the government were in operation including Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, and the state’s own CM Health Insurance Scheme.
Ganesan urged the concerned departments to take those government schemes to the doorsteps of the citizens so common citizens were benefited.
Governor said it was his endeavour that every district in Nagaland has the four basic infrastructures namely education, adequate health care, good roads, and adequate banking facilities.
Describing elementary education as a constitutional right, he said that through flagship programmes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Project Nectar (funded by the World Bank), the government has provided better school infrastructure and appointed teachers and posted them to schools with insufficient teachers.
Governor said programmes and initiatives of the government like providing free textbooks, mid-day meals, and free elementary education have re-defined the role of the state in the educational system. However, he said they still have a long way to go to reach the benchmark of quality education for all citizens.
Governor also impressed upon everyone the need to be good model citizens for the state as well as for the country.
Stating that Wokha district has been aptly called the “Land of Plenty”, he called upon the people of Wokha have to live up to it and become the food bowl of the state. Governor also expressed his desire to see Wokha as a developed district one day and contribute immensely to the state as well as the nation.
He urged the people to uphold the rich legacy left behind by their forefathers, adding they have to let peace prevail to allow development to flourish in their land.
At the meeting, Wokha CSOs headed by Lotha Hoho and 11 other organizations submitted a memorandum on behalf of the Lotha community requesting the governor to either hand over the Wokha-Bokajan road to Border Roads Organization (BRO) or to sanction taking up the road construction project. Governor assured to take up the matter with the concerned ministry on priority to ensure that it was implemented.
Health & family welfare department of, PHED, lead bank district manager, forest, environment and climate change, NEEPCO, PWD (R&B) presented their departmental activities undertaken in the district to the Governor. Later security coordination meeting was also held with the district administration and police.
According to a DIPR report, the meeting was chaired by deputy commissioner (DC) Wokha, Ajit Kumar Ranjan.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026