TPO Asks Nagaland Govt to Free Intanki National Park

Kohima, Nov 12 : The Tenyimi Peoples Organisation (TPO), an union of ten Naga tribes, has called upon the Nagaland government to get rid of Naga United (Inavi) village and all other encroachers from the Intanki National Park without delay.

In a representation to the Nagaland Forest, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife Minister signed by the TPO president Z M Sekhose and other representatives of the tribes pointed out that the Intanki national park was within the jurisdiction of the then Peren sub-division under Kohima district and now Peren has become a full-fledged district from February 11, 2004.

The action of the encroachers is highly dangerous because it has the potential of inviting tribal dis-harmony and public unrest, it pointed out.

The representation reiterated that the entire land for the Intanki National Park, measuring approximately 20,202 hectares, was freely donated by the old Beisumpui village which is a Tenyimi-inhabited village.

It is the duty of the TPO to protect and preserve every single inch of its land from unscrupulous encroachers, the representation added.