Aizawl, Aug 15 (PTI) Independence Day was celebrated in Mizoram with gaiety and enthusiasm amid tight security today with Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla asserting that the New Land Use Policy (NLUP) has brought development in the state. Addressing the people at the Assam Rifles ground here after unfurling the National Tricolour on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day, Lal Thanhawla denied the allegations by some critics that NLUP was a failure. The chief aim of the NLUP, the flagship programme of Lal Thanhawla government for the past nine years, is to develop and provide all farmers of the state suitable, permanent and stable trades. He also claimed that there was a phenomenal increase in production of broom grass by more than 22 times. Outlining the state governments achievements, Lal Thanhawla said that the 60 megawatt Tuirial hydel project would be commissioned during this year.

Source: India Today August 15, 2017 05:15 UTC