NAMSAI, Jul 19: MLA Namsai, Chau Zingnu Namchoom inaugurated the Block Level Orientation Training Programme on Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) for  Blocks of Namsai district today.
ZPC, Namsai Nang Urmila Mancheykhun, Director Department of Panchayati Raj, Tamune Miso, DC, Namsai C.R Khampa and Dr. Narayan Sahoo ,DD(SIRD&PR). 
Addressing the gathering, the MLA said that the concept of ‘Nation First’ should be endorsed and one way to contribute to it is by aiming to take our village forward thereby facilitating development of the nation as a whole. He expressed his gratitude towards SIRD&PR for equipping all the block and Gram Panchayat level functionaries with knowledge and skills required for bringing about inclusive growth of Panchayats. 
He opined that our quest of accelerating developmental activities have left us indifferent towards conserving the nature, “we are thus hence bound to ingrain in us the concept of SDG”, he said. He urged all to revisit the developmental activities undertaken and to ensure that it is climate friendly and aligns with the goals of SDG. Expressing his concern over conduct of ineffectual Gram Sabhas, he urged all to take active part in planning during conduct of Gram Sabhas in order to adopt feasible plans for execution. “We should inculcate in us a sense of ownership and responsibility towards our Panchayat”, he said. 
He further asserted the versatility of Amrit Sarovar scheme and stated that, it is a multifarious project having excellent scope which can help in combating issues such as lack of irrigation, drainage issues and can also act as a source of sustainable income. 
He requested the PRI members to take keen interest in monitoring the functioning of Anganwadis as it is an institute for pre- primary education and the performance in subsequent classes depends on how effective the Anganwadi teachings are. He said that taking the inputs of this training programme, henceforth, all disbursement of funds under MLALAD and SIDF will be done in line with the mandates of LSDG and urged the Panchayati Raj members to do the same.
Conclusively, he ended his speech by saying, “convergence of stakeholders at each level is the key to achieving saturation of Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs)”.
Director Panchayat, Tamune Miso, encouraging the district for its swift actions on different interventions of state and central government, said that “Namsai is a performing district and hope that the same can be continued and improved further”. Citing the importance of capacity building amongst field functionaries he stated that GoI is invested in imparting knowledge and skills of all new government schemes and interventions and percolate it down to the grass root level. He urged all to be well versed with the ever-changing concepts and initiatives. He also emphasized the participation of line departments during conduct of Gram Sabhas and subsequent preparation of LSDG based GPDP. He said that an attempt should be made for the GPs to synchronize their plans with LSDGs.
Deputy Commissioner Namsai Shri C.R. Khampa said that the first step towards aiming to achieve saturation of LSDG goals is by learning and educating oneself about the goals and the concept of LSDG in detail. He apprised that the district and panchayat level committee on LSDGs will be notified with details of mandated duty linked with addressing poverty, education, health, employment, infrastructure and facilities, basic amenities like housing, drinking water, Sanitation for better understanding of all. He elaborated in detail about the 9 themes of LSDG and urged the District Level Core Committee on Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (DLCCLSDG) members to work for inclusive social and economic development of the district and its people. He further urged the Member Secretaries of all the Panchayats to play a major role in making gap analysis in order to saturate all goals under SDG. 
During the programme, two training manuals viz. ‘Hand book on Localization of Sustainable Development Goals’ and ‘Hand book on Training module for Localization of Sustainable Development Goals’ was launched along with video on the success story of usage of State own Resources (SOR) grant 2022-23 of Chongkham Zilla Parishad. To materialize the idea of digital India, MLA, Namsai along with the dignitaries launched a QR code of Namsai Zilla Parishad’s own source of revenue.
A photo gallery consisting of activities/success stories   carried out under the 15 FFC, SOR and RD, ArSRLM and others was displayed for the participants. DIPRO

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