AIZAWL: The United Nations Mission
team, comprising four UN agencies, which had visited Mizoram few days
ago to carry out ground inspection for possible joint venture with
Mizoram Government, has left Aizawl today, looking forward to take up
initiatives to enhance development on multiple sectors. During their
stay, the UN team visited several places and held meetings with
government department leaders with whom they discussed about several
possible grounds for joint venture to enhance inclusive development.
Before leaving Aizawl, they held another meeting with New Land Use Policy (NLUP) Implementing Board Vice Chairman, P.L.Thanga, and government department leaders, continuing the discussion of the previous meetings. Official sources said that the idea to embark on a joint venture is being initiated as some of the important objectives of the UN, such as protection of the earth and environment, sustainable development utilizing its resources, increasing economic production, raising living standard, creating permanent source of income for daily wage earners, preservation of water sources, preventing cattle from endemics etc. are similar to that of the objectives of the Mizoram government flagship programme, NLUP, and also that the same are also the objectives of the four agencies individually.
Discussions with regard to "potential area" for initiatives were held with various departments, NGOs, and with those concerned with bamboo processing plant. Different UN agencies in India have had carried out development works with other North Eastern States but they were all individually done. Therefore, the present one will be the first time in India that UN Mission, on behalf of 27 UN Agencies in India, will embark on a project. The UN Mission team for the purpose comprises of top leaders of UN agencies. The UN team will within February chalk out plans and proposals for steps to be taken at the initial stage. Such plans and proposals will be reviewed in mid March with representatives of Mizoram government.