Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya on Monday claimed a final to solve the vexed Naga political problem solution was expected soon as the ongoing dialogue was headed towards the right direction.
Stating this during an interaction with media persons at Raj Bhavan today, the Governor appealed to the Nagas including the political parties and civil society organizations “to be prepared to accept and make it (solution) a reality”.
According to PTI, the Governor said: “General elections are due within few months in the state and I hope solution to Naga political problem will come within next one-two months.”
Acharya however lamented that the trust deficit among political leaders and the society was a major concern. He appealed to all political parties, leaders, civil societies, tribal hohos and churches to come together to make the peace process a reality. Further, Acharya appealed to all stake holders including legislators, district administration, public and NGOs to take part in the ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa’ movement in order to create an environment of cleanliness.
Acharya informed that the nationwide fortnight-long sanitation campaign– ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa’ was to take India to the highest standards of cleanliness by October 2, 2019, realizing the dream of Mahatma Gandhi of a clean India on his 150th birth anniversary.
He also reiterated his appeal to the elected members to adopt one village per year, as special fund was given to uplift the village. In this regard, he has asked the 60 MLAs and two MPs to prepare their report card on which village they have adopted.
Meanwhile, Governor informed that during his visit to a medical college in Mangalore, Manipal University, Alva educational complex, Mangalore University and JNU Delhi, the universities expressed desire to setup their branch in Nagaland. To this, Acharya suggested that the state government could sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) under PPP mode with the universities to empower the health and education system in the state. Acharya maintained that the role of Universities should not only be limited to educational knowledge, but focussed on entrepreneurship and skill education. He therefore urged the government to initiate changes so that institutions could focus on skilling the youth, while also informing that the Centre has earmarked Rs. 2000 crores for skill education.
He also expressed regret that in most hospitals, the utilities of the doctors were not impressive, machineries left unused and that there was no accountability for anything. This has to be changed, he added. Acharya said he had visited various hospitals, government schools, jails and orphanage homes across the state. However, he lamented that these institutions were not given due importance.
He was of the opinion that well established organizations in Nagaland could usher in change in the society by ensuring that schemes for the poor were implemented judiciously. Acharya also suggested that university students could be made nodal agents in order ensure that all Centrally Sponsored Schemes were implemented successfully.
On indigenous games, Acharya expressed regret that Nagas, despite having numerous indigenous games, were gradually losing them. For this, Acharya said he would be initiating district and state level indigenous games competition in order to preserve and promote them.
Further, Acharya felt the need to have a befitting memorial for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and INA in Kohima in honour of their sacrifices. “I had written to the state government on this. But I do not know what is happening with the government,” he said.
Acharya said he had also written to the Centre on the same issue, to declare Ruzazho village (where Bose had visited) as National heritage village.
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