Earlier, there was no mobile Network in the border areas but the situation has changed now with residents enjoying Internet service
and mobile connectivity even at Bum-La and Y-Junction but more improvement is needed.NORTH-EASTERN STATES
Agriculture minister inaugurates northeast’s first bio-fertilizer factory in Shillong
MeghalayaAgriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister,Banteidor Lyngdoh, inaugurated the bio-fertilizer production unit, the first of its kind in the public sector in the northeast at a function held at theState Biological Control Laboratory, Upper Shillong.
Meghalaya Farmers’ Empowerment Commission chairman KN Kumar said the bio-fertilizer production unit is the
first of its kind to be set up in the entire northeastern Region by a public sector unit.“In Meghalaya the requirement of Fertilizers per year is 22,000 metric tonnes whereas the current production in the state is a mere 150 metric tonnes per year.
80% pupils in 3 northeast states walk to school; in Goa, only 20% do
About 80% of the school students in Nagaland, Meghalaya andMizoram, characterised by difficult terrains and remoteness, walk to school while nearly same the Percentage of students in Goa either take the bus, family vehicle
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In Nagaland, 9% of students travel to and from school in private four-wheelers or two or three-wheelers while 3% go in school buses, 2% use public transport and the 1% go to school on bicycles.
In Mizoram and Meghalaya, the report said schools are able to provide transportation facility to only 1% and 2% students respectively, while 3% and 4% students respectively avail public transport to attend school.
At 52%,Tripurahas the lowest percentage of students in the region who need to go to the school on foot. In other categories too, Tripura is better or on a par with the national average while travelling to school in own transport.