Nagaland project inspires Mizoram

DIMAPUR, April 13 – Inspired by the successful implementation of ‘Communitisation of public institution/service’ at the grassroots level in Nagaland, a High Powered Committee (HPC) of Mizoram has undertaken a tour of the State with the purpose of studying and witnessing its actual operating mechanism and district level planning.

Nagaland has received recognition and award at the national and international level for the successful implementation of ‘Communitisation of public institution/service’ at the grassroots level in the State.

The HPC, constituted by the Government of Mizoram, is contemplating to evolve a suitable and a viable system of participative decentralised planning to suit the local conditions. Keeping this in view, an interaction with the Communitised departments of Nagaland was held at the Chief Secretary’s conference hall, in Kohima. Officers from the Departments of Health and Family Welfare, PHE, Power, Education and Rural Development gave power point presentations on their projects, status of implementation and the responses and challenges of communitisation in the State.

V Sakhrie, Commissioner and Secretary, Rural Development, during an interactive session, shared that “not everything about Communitisation is a success, there are loopholes but we are trying to fill in the gaps and address the challenges in the best possible way”.

The visiting Mizo team headed by it vice chairman, Joseph Lalhlimpuia, MLA Lalchhuanawma Hrahsel, chief planning officer, HPC-L, Dr Lalrinchhanna, senior research officer, HPC-L and L Colney, former Chief Secretary of Nagaland also visited Rusoma village and had an interaction with the different committees on the implementation of the Communitisation process in their village.

Joseph Lalhlimpuia, expressed his appreciation and congratulated the State for successfully implementing the concept of Communitisation.