Dimapur, Nov. 8 -- The Naga Solidarity Park Management Committee (NSPMC) has formally allocated a designated site within Naga Solidarity Park in Kohima for the burial of Naga ancestral remains being repatriated from the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

In a press statement, NSPMC convenor Vipopal Kintso said a prayer service was held at the Park on the morning of November 7, marking the formal commencement of preparatory work for the proposed burial site.

Site clearance and ground preparation were also formally initiated following the allocation.

The committee said the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), along with Naga tribal hohos, had approached it on October 19 and 30, seeking the allocation of...