Staff Reporter/Correspondent DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, JAN 8 (NPN): The State cabinet on Friday decided to constitute a “third party committee” to deliberate/consult on the issue of creation of Shamator district.
This was among several agendas discussed at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Neiphiu Rio at Rhododendron Hall, Police complex, Chümoukedima.
Talking to media persons after the meeting, deputy chief minister Y Patton said the cabinet decided to constitute a “third party committee” to discuss and consult leaders of civil society organisations.
Referring to the issue of boundary demarcation between Dimapur and Chümoukedima districts, Patton said the government has entrusted a committee to work out the matter. He mentioned that the committee has been given one month’s time to come up with a detailed report on boundary demarcation.
Another minister who attended the meeting informed Nagaland Post that the cabinet reiterated its earlier decision of agreeing “in principle” to make Shamator a district, provided the two tribes– Yimkhiung and Tikhir– coexisted without any differences.
The meeting also deliberated on the ongoing protest spearheaded by Yimkhiung Tribal Council demanding Shamator district. However, the cabinet was of the view that making Shamator a district should not create any tension between the two tribes, the minister said.
He clarified that the government did not have any issue in granting district, but insisted that the two tribes should co-exist in harmony by leaving aside their differences. He said the cabinet viewed that the local legislator and Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation should intervene and settle the matter amicably.
On Day-5, Yimkhiung Women Organisation (YWO) organised a mass rally in support of the demand.
Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/shamator-dist-demand-govt-to-constitute-3rd-party-panel/248019.html
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