Now citizens must have to maintain own power lines!

Nagaland has graduate from a welfare state to citizens’ state–from having to repair, upkeep and sometime even pave own roads, they are now left with no option but to see to the upkeep of their power lines too.

Villagers of Aonokpu village, under Longchem extra additional commissioner headquarters of Mokokchung district, have not seen electrical workers from the Power department for more than a decade. That’s the spot where the villagers must have to take care of their own electricity needs, the village’s council said in a message that they wrote to the media on Monday.

The message stated: “Aonokpu village under Longchem EAC headquarter of Mokokchung district has been facing power crises due to absence of any worker under the (department) for more than a decade. According to Aonokpu village council since the retirement of power department lineman in 2002, the state government even after 14 years of the last employee, is yet to appoint new field worker and this they stated has compounded to irregular power supply.” 

It is a regular annual event for the council to maintain the transmission lines themselves, the council’s chairman Takatemjen stated in the note.

On Friday, May 27, the leaders of the council also took themselves to clear the jungles along the transmission lines to the village, the note added.

Aonokpu village is under Mangkolemba sub division. The village is “far-flung from Mokokchung district in terms of connectivity and a village to subsist without regular power supply and filed worker is equal of to harassment,” the council added.      

Al Ngullie, May 30, 2016 Eastern Mirror 

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