Dimapur, May 23 -- The newly constituted Committee on Environment and Climate Change of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, led by MLA Achumbemo Kikon as its chairperson, conducted spot verification of garbage dumping sites in Dimapur and Chumoukedima to assess the waste management system there.

Kikon was accompanied by two members of the seven-member committee, MLAs Zhalheo Rio and Z Nyusietho Nyuthe.

The team also undertook inspection of three rivers in Dimapur and Chumoukedima - Dhansiri, Chathe, and Pagla- to get a first-hand report of sources of their pollution and initiate long-term measures to clean and rejuvenate them.

After the inspection, the team held a meeting with urban local body councilors of Dimapur Municipal Council, Ch...