Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has launched women helpline – 181 in the premises of District Hospital Dimapur in Nagaland and also inaugurated Sakhi, a one stop Centre, intended to support women affected by violence both in private and public spaces under one roof. He highlighted the multiple roles played by women as home makers, guardians of children and the hard work put in by them in every field.

He was optimistic that problems of distressed women would be addressed through this project and also appealed to all the stake holders for extending cooperation, so that violence against women would decline.

Did You Know?

• Nagaland, the 16th State of the Indian Union, was established on 1 December 1963.
• The state of Nagaland has an area of 16,579 sq kms. The state is mostly mountainous except those areas bordering Assam valley.
• Mount Saramati is the highest peak in Nagaland with a height of 3,840 metres and its range forms a natural barrier between Nagaland and Myanmar.
• The Naga people belong to the Indo-Mongoloid group of people living in the contiguous area of the North Eastern hills of India and the upper portion of Western Myanmar.
• The Naga languages differ from Tribe to Tribe and sometimes even from one village to another. They are, however, under the Tibeto-Burma family.