Nagaland: Ravi calls for efforts to build on gains made on Naga political issue

Dimapur: Nagaland Governor R.N. Ravi today said with the Naga political issue remaining on focus, there is a need for efforts to build on the substantial gains made on it so far and to move swiftly for the final solution.

Addressing the first day of the seventh session of the 13^th Nagaland Assembly, Ravi said the general law and order situation in the State has remained largely peaceful though there have been some localised incidents. These incidents were contained with swiftness by the district administration and police, he stated.

To enhance fighting crime against woman, a woman police station at Kiphire was established, thus covering 11 districts, Ravi said. He said a Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children Lab-cum-Training Centre has been made operational and cyber cells to investigate cyber crimes have been also set up in all the districts. The Nagaland Police has set up anti-extortion cells in all the districts of the State, which work in close coordination with other law enforcement and security agencies to contain illegal activities, he added.

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Ravi expressed his satisfaction with the State Government for successfully combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said at the start of the pandemic, Nagaland did not have a single testing lab of its own for COVID-19. “But now there are three BSL labs and the State has acquired 32 True Nat machines,” he stated.

He added that the government took steps to increase the number of health professionals and workers in public health facilities and that the overall health infrastructure of the State also saw a significant upliftment.

He expressed his appreciation to various State and Central agencies and civil society organisations in containing the recent outbreak of forest fires in the beautiful Dzukou valley in Kohima district. He said that the Government is making long term plans to prevent such incidents in future and also further strengthen the response mechanism.

The Governor also gave an overview of the developmental activities being carried out by all departments in the State.

The session began Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio making obituary references to the passing away of former President Pranab Mukherjee and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Speaker Sharingain Longkumer also made obituary references to the passing away of the leaders.