NFHRCC to evaluate Rengmapani

The Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) informed on April 26 that a joint team, comprising engineers from the PWD (Roads & Bridges), Sumi, Rengma representatives and NFRCC members, will visit Rengmapani for route evaluation on April 30. The now-under-construction foothill road will pass through the village, which falls between Niuland and Ralan. The inspection is hoped to pave the way for accelerating work to connect (Niuland) Dimapur with the Wokha sector, which is pending.  

The NFHRCC will further inspect sectors where work is yet to start. In this regard, the NFHRCC will embark on an inspection tour of route alignment in Mon, Longleng and Mokokchung sectors tentatively by the second week of May. After the first phase of earth-cutting in the Wokha stretch and a section in the Mokokchung stretch, work was stopped pending sanction of work order in the remaining sectors. Issuing of work orders was delayed to a certain extent by controversy surrounding award of contract and, later, by the Lok Sabha polls and the coming into effect of Election Code of Conduct.

The NFHRCC further informed that a joint meeting will be held on May 3 wherein progress of work will be reviewed. The two contractors, who were assigned tasks at Wokha and Mokokchung sectors, were asked to furnish progress reports on work either completed or ongoing. The PWD (R & B) is also requested to attend the meeting, the NFHRCC said. Furthermore, the NFHRCC reiterated that no organisation, range, tribe, village or individual will be allowed to meddle with the existing alignment of the foothill road without the knowledge of the Committee and the Department in concern.