Sendenyu village in Kohima makes itself a biodiversity conservation destination

DIMAPUR: Sendenyu village in Kohima district has turned itself into a biodiversity conservation and ecotourism destination of Nagaland.

The village is recognised not only in the state and the country as a tourism destination but also included in the world map of biodiversity conservation.

Adding a new feather to its cap, Nagaland’s rural development department’s commissioner and secretary Neposo Theluo inaugurated the rejuvenated Nsonji Lake project under MGNREGS in the village recently.

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Theluo gave credit for the success of the project to the patience and unity of the community.

He congratulated the community such as village development boards of Sendenyu New, Thongsü-Sendenyu and Lotsüphün and the Centenary Memorial Park Committee for judiciously utilising the funds provided by the rural development department and completing such a remarkable project in such a short period, rural development department joint director K. Neibou Sekhose said.

Theluo was all praise for the community for developing the area as a biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism destination. He exhorted them to strive harder to make it an eco-tourism hotspot.

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Stating that the village is blessed with vast land, both hilly and low, with immense potential for development, he hoped that very soon the village will not only be recognised as a biodiversity village but also as a research centre of learning. He also encouraged the villagers to prepare a master plan and vision document for the future.

Highlighting the project profile, chairman of Sendenyu Baptist Church Centenary Memorial Park Management Committee Gwasinlo Thong said the primary objective of the project was to fully restore the Nsonji Lake and its ecosystem.

Besides, it was aimed at providing wage employment to the MGNREGA workers while keeping a vision of developing it into a part of ecotourism destination for its sustainability and economy of the stakeholders. He said the project was implemented during the period 2019-20 to 2020-21 with a total project cost of Rs 42.98 lakh, generating 15,003 person days.

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Rural development director Imnukshila Jamir congratulated the village for the various awards it received at the national and international level in the recent years for excellence in its efforts towards conservation of biodiversity.

Appreciating the way the community has taken up environmental conservation, she urged them to continue to make efforts in the protection of biodiversity and work out ways to conserve the natural habitat and rich flora and fauna.