Union Secretary visits Ukhrul
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik
UKhrul, January 19 2015:
Union Secretary, Dept of Land and Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Gol Vandana Kumari Jena visited Ukhrul to take stock of various Centrally sponsored developmental programme and schemes in the district.
On her two day visit, the Union Secretary along with Agriculture Scientist AK Mudgal inspected different villages where the Central sponsored schemes and development activities are taken up in the district like IWMP, MGNREGS, road construction etc.
The main aim of the visit was to collect status report of the district.
Incidentally Kumari Jena was posted as SDO of Ukhrul in 1982 .
She noted that Ukhrul people usually build one big house with one room.
She also noticed the new system and style of building a house.
Earlier, house was built with one big room used for multiple purpose� as kitchen, sitting room and family living room.
But now it has changed a lot and the houses are more modernised and hygienic, she added.
Meanwhile, the Union Secretary held a joint meeting with district level officers at DC's chamber in Mini Secretariat.