August 15,2017: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today asserted that the New Land Use Policy (NLUP) has brought development in the state.
Addressing the people at the Assam Rifles ground in Aizawl after unfurling the National Tricolour on the occasion of the71st Independence Day, Lal Thanhawla denied the allegations by some critics that NLUP was a failure.He said the chief aim of the NLUP, the flagship programme of his government for the past nine years, is to develop and provide all farmers of the state suitable permanent and stable trades.
The chief minister said that as per the Economic Survey report 2015-16, production of rice had gone up by 31.54
per cent in spite of reduction of ‘jhum’ (slash and burn method of shifting cultivation) area by about 40 per cent.
He also claimed that there was a phenomenal increase in production of broom grass by more than 22 times.
Outlining the state government’s achievements, Lal Thanhawla said that the 60 megawatt Tuirial hydel project would be commissioned during this year. He also said that Mizoram continued to be one of the most peaceful states in the country. (AIR NEWS)
