Guns are still a concern in insurgency-hit Nagaland. Although militancy has come down over the years, diverting the minds of the Naga youths toward developmental activities has become a challenge.
This, perhaps, prompted police at Noklak, a new district in Nagaland bordering Myanmar, to train Naga youths to make machines required in farming and other developmental activities.
Under the slogan, ‘Not Guns but Machines’, Noklak police encouraged a group of youths to make low-cost cooking-cum-dryer machines, oil extracting machines, agricultural tools and even electric bikes.
It was a special occasion for the campaign on Wednesday when the electric bikes made by Wheels of Nagas, a micro-enterprise run by some Naga youths were formally launched.
