Er. Y. Chuba Ao, an Adviser to the municipal council, said selected colonies of Kohima would be declared “pig-free zones” as pigs were one of the most prominent disease-carrying animals.
Gradually, the whole capital would be turned into a pig-free zone. Old and new ministers’ hills have currently been declared the pig-free zones in the town.
“We are trying to make Kohima a pig-free zone soon,” Ao told The Telegraph.
He said stray dogs would be got rid of on grounds of them posing a threat to the well-being of humans, decreasing pollution and sanitation hazards.
Under the sanitation and beautification programme, the civic body would also declare Kohima a “dustbin-free” town. The council has declared three colonies, Lower Chandmari, Naga Bazaar and Merhulietsa, “dustbin- free”.
“Office-bearers of each group would be given responsibilities of sanitation and waste management,” Kolachalie Seyie, another adviser, said. He said each neighbourhood would be given technical help and support by the municipal council and they would occasionally visit each neighbourhood and assess the work progress.
The council has also instituted prizes to encourage civic sense amongst the colonies and wards. Random use of plastic is also prohibited.
The cleanliness competition among colonies will be held this month where involv-ement of communities towar-ds cleanliness, motivation of civic sense and discipline in their respective colonies and wards will be assessed.
The winners will be declared on November 30.
The Angami Women’s Organisation is organising an awareness campaign on sanitation in all the colonies and wards of Kohima.
Seyie said the authorities would take up the waste management project at Lierie colony soon. He thanked the Church, women’s organisations and the women welfare department which are part of the sanitation and beautification drive of the town.
The council has also taken up tree plantations in all the colonies.
Neisakuou Medom said civic body would launch ornamental evergreen tree plantations in all suitable places of the town. “We will plant more ornamental trees in the town to make it beautiful,” she told The Telegraph.
The council will also construct playgrounds for children in all the colonies with the help of the state government and build a ropeway to ease traffic congestion.