Morung Express News
Kohima | September 18
66,894 Inner Line Permits (ILPs) were issued from the office of the Deputy Commissioner in all districts from January 2015 till date with Dimapur district issuing the highest number of ILPs at 54,574 followed by Kohima district at 7,271. Tuensang district indicated the lowest issuance of ILP in the last four years with only 157 permits issued while the rest of the districts are Mokokchung with 720, Mon with 416, Phek with 321, Zunheboto issued 462, Wokha issued 500, Longleng issued 500, Kiphire issued 552 and Peren issued 1371 ILPs.
The data was provided by Y Patton, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister in-charge of Home during the Question hour after MLAs Kuzholuzo Nienu and Dr. Imtiwapang Aier raised several questions on the Inner Line Permit.
On the steps taken by the Government to check the influx of ‘illegal immigrants,’ Patton replied that periodic checks are being done by the Administration and Police in the districts. “The State Government has in the past years set up Committees to suggest means to improve the ILP system and had even sent a team to nearby North East states where ILP is being implemented to study the system. More recently a Committee was set up to examine the reports of the previous Committees and recommend a more robust system for implementation of the Inner Line Permit,” said Patton.
Since January 2018, 505 ILP defaulters were caught by the Administration/Security in the ten districts of Nagaland. The district of Kiphire indicated Nil for detection of ILP defaulters. The maximum numbers of ILP defaulters were caught during the month of August this year (see box).
