The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra or VBSY for tribal
districts of Nagaland was launched on Wednesday.
National Recruitment Agency State Prabhari and
Secretary cum COE Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra formally launched it from Indisen
village in Dimapur district.
Dimapur Deputy Commissioner Dr Tinojongshi Chang, DDG
Shipping Dr Raut Pandurang, who is also the district Prabhari and a host of
officials from both the Central and State Government departments, beneficiaries
of Central welfare schemes, local leaders, villagers and students attended the
programme.
In his speech, Mishra said the pan India VBSY is an
ambitious programme of the Central Government which aims to propel India to a
developed country status by the year 2047, a hundred years after independence.
The first phase of the tribal campaign will be carried
out in three districts of Nagaland – Dimapur, Tuensang and Mokokchung. Four
VBSY outreach vans, two for Dimapur district and one each for Tuensang and
Mokokchung will cover the three districts in the tribal areas campaign.
The pan India launch of the campaign by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in Jharkhand was also shown live during the programme.
Beneficiaries of various welfare schemes of the
government shared their experiences on the occasion and thanked the Central Government
for providing them with the schemes.
After the launch of the programme, the VBSY van for
Dimapur was flagged off by the deputy commissioner.
The van later toured Aoyimkumg village, the second
location of the event in the district.
In Mokokchung district, the VBSY tribal campaign was
launched by ADC Mokokchung Chumlamo Humtsoe at Ungma village while in Tuensang,
it was launched in Ngangpong village.
PTI
