Limalenden Longkumer
Mokokchung | July 10
Against the backdrop of the long economic blockade which has stalled supplies in several districts, the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries today said that Nagas can survive even if the economic blockade imposed by the Asssam-based organizations continues.
Interacting with mediaperson here at Longkumer Kilem, the MCCI decried the action of the AASU and AJYCB to impose the economic blockade on Nagaland.
However, asking the public not to panic at rumours, the MCCI informed that alternative routes will be arranged to ensure that essential commodities are made available in the town, if need arise.
Lanukaba, the general secretary of MCCI said that Nagas can find alternative routes to face the crisis posed by the blockade. “Nagas can survive even if the economic blockade continues, and we can also find alternative means for availability of essential commodities,” said Lanukaba. However, the MCCI general secretary expressed regret by saying that Ahoms and Nagas are good neighbours since ancient of days and that the people of the two states should be able to find a way to settle the border issue with mutual understanding.
“If economic blockades can solve the border dispute, then it is well and good and if they (AASU and AJYCB) continue with the blockade.”
The MCCI also informed that essential commodities would be available in the Mokokchung market for at least ten days without any shortage
MCCI president Bendangnukshi Longkumer also said that bandhs and economic blockades are uncalled for and regretted that the people of both the states of Nagaland and Assam are affected due to some miscreants. He also added that this very blockade is ‘peculiar’ in the sense that no prior information regarding imposition of the blockade was conveyed.
The MCCI yesterday arranged nine metric tons of rice for Tuli and 8 metric tons of the same commodities for Tzüdikong. Tuli and Tzudikong under Mokokchung district, bordering Amguri in Sivasagar district, Assam. The MCCI has directed all business establishments under its ambit not to exploit the situation by ways of price hike or hoarding in the market.
Meanwhile Naga counterparts from Mon informed that 10 truckloads of rice had been dispatched by the FCI from Dimapur. The trucks traveling via Mokokchung are expected to reach by Wednesday.
The economic blockade has not just affected the districts of Nagaland but also the government of Assam is losing a huge amount of revenue from the border trade. Daily transaction of rice alone between the two states crosses fifteen lakhs.
