|Maksam Tayeng|
PASIGHAT, Feb 4: Roing MLA Mutchu Mithi while attending the 56th Reh Festival celebration of Idu Mishmi community at Aohali village under Mebo sub-division on Monday inaugurated a beautiful signage-cum-welcome gate of ‘Zero Hunting’ at the village just beside the national highway in presence of his fellow lawmakers Oken Tayeng, Tapi Darang, and Oni Panyang, Mebo ADC Sibo Passing and others.
Appreciating the initiative of Aohali village under the ‘Eco-Clean Mebo Mission’ led by local MLA Oken Tayeng and ADC Sibo Passing, Mithi deeply admired the declaration of the village and its jurisdiction free from hunting activities in order to protect the forests and wildlife in the region.
“This was a very happy opportunity for me to have unveiled the Zero hunting signage/welcome gate here in Aohali village while attending the Reh festival celebration. This is a very good initiative ‘Zero Hunting’ taken up by the Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng and team ECMM, as we have been living amidst the forests and wildlife since our ancestral eras and our traditions and customs emanated from these, we need to protect and preserve our natural resources while maintaining the cleanliness for tourism promotion here”, Mithi said.
Oken Tayeng said that the initiative of the Zero Hunting declaration of Aohali village is a collective effort from the people of Aohali village and the entire team of ECMM. “This idea of zero hunting is to create a value of our area and our natural heritage, create some good tourist attractions here, and I deeply appreciate the people of Aohali village for taking up a bold announcement to declare zero hunting in the village jurisdiction this year. We really need to value their commitment and through this signage of zero hunting the idea is to profess our commitment and initiative for conservation and create tourism assets. This is just a beginning and we need to go a long-long way of taking up more such initiatives”, added Tayeng.
It is worth mentioning that Chief Minister Pema Khandu had also appreciated the initiative of people of Aohali village for letting Aohali village become the state’s first zero hunting village which will go a long way in balancing the rapidly declining forest and wildlife in the state.