Nagaland Governor PB Acharya on Monday called upon government officials to ensure that various flagship schemes should benefit the targeted section of the society.
Addressing the Dimapur district officials, to review the performances of different departments at the DC’s conference hall here Monday, Acharya reminded them that these schemes were aimed for uplift of the poor and underprivileged sections.
Acharya also appealed the officials to point out or give suggestions to the government for better and effective implementation of different programmes. He further called on them to work towards uplifting and strengthening the most neglected and poor people.
Expressing concern over poor results of government schools, Acharya remarked that the poorest of the poor came to government-run schools. He asked officials of the department concerned to find out the reasons behind the poor performance.
On being asked about the law & order situation in the district, commissioner of police Limasunep Jamir told the Governor that the situation in Dimapur was by and large peaceful. He also gave a brief presentation of crime cases registered and their status.
Meanwhile, calling for empowering the un-empowered persons, Acharya described Nagaland as a beautiful State blessed with maximum natural resources. He, therefore, called upon the people for identifying avenues to make Nagaland an economically-independent State. He advised all officials to be nodal agents of different flagship schemes and encouraged them to boldly stand up against corruption and help create conducive atmosphere in the district where everyone was treated equally and respected.
The meeting was chaired by DC Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel, who also delivered the welcome address.