Dimapur: Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, on Thursday, led a contingent of volunteers requisitioned from various government departments to clean up the Dimapur airport. With the 50th Statehood anniversary, the Hornbill Festival and the prospect of tourists hanging in the air, the CM was visibly concerned about making the airport presentable to visitors as well as travellers from Nagaland at least for the festive season. At around the same time last year, a similar exercise was carried out.
In casual wear, Rio was accompanied by Planning and Coordination Minister, TR Zeliang and other Assembly colleagues. Going by his remarks, as he made the rounds marshalling the volunteers, on the amenities available at the airport, the CM was clearly unhappy. The peeved remarks, on the overall unkempt condition of the airport, ranged from thick overgrowths left untrimmed, randomly discarded plastic wastes, ill-maintained VIP lounge and other passenger amenities like washrooms.
“It is our only airport, we feel ashamed seeing its condition... I hope it (the day’s clean-up exercise) will be like a lesson for them,” commented the CM, interacting with newspersons as well as the Airports Authority. According to the CM, the people who are shouldered with maintenance jobs should have a “sense of ownership.”
17/10/13 The Morung Express
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In casual wear, Rio was accompanied by Planning and Coordination Minister, TR Zeliang and other Assembly colleagues. Going by his remarks, as he made the rounds marshalling the volunteers, on the amenities available at the airport, the CM was clearly unhappy. The peeved remarks, on the overall unkempt condition of the airport, ranged from thick overgrowths left untrimmed, randomly discarded plastic wastes, ill-maintained VIP lounge and other passenger amenities like washrooms.
“It is our only airport, we feel ashamed seeing its condition... I hope it (the day’s clean-up exercise) will be like a lesson for them,” commented the CM, interacting with newspersons as well as the Airports Authority. According to the CM, the people who are shouldered with maintenance jobs should have a “sense of ownership.”
17/10/13 The Morung Express
