Guwahati, May 17 -- Reported by Bhadra Gogoi

Dimapur: In a move to provide affordable homes with sanitation and other basic essential services, the Nagaland government has opened a rental housing complex for the urban poor at Chumoukedima.

Nagaland Adviser to the Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Department, Zhaleo Rio, inaugurated the complex on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, Rio said the project was undertaken to provide affordable and dignified accommodation along with essential services for economically weaker sections, migrant workers, and low-income groups.

He stated that the housing facility would be allotted not only to indigenous inhabitants but also to all Indian citizens residing in Chumoukedima district, including...