Our Correspondent Kohima, July 6 (EMN): A centrally-sponsored project for rice fortification will be implemented in the six “bottom performing” districts of Nagaland on a pilot basis. State technical officer of Centre for Health Research and Innovation (CHRI), Shan Ezung, said that the project, ‘rice fortification for better nutritional outcome’, will be implemented in the districts of Longleng, Phek, Kiphire, Peren, Dimapur, and Mokokchung. NITI Ayog in its north-eastern regional districts Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) Index report (2021-2022) showed that six (Dimapur, Longleng, Phek, Kiphire, Peren and Mokokchung) out of 16 districts of Nagaland were in the bottom performing districts list and needed special attention in terms of achieving SDG 3 (Good Health and Well Being) and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) in the state, he said. Towards this, a training programme with stakeholders was conducted at the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima on Wednesday. The pilot scheme is estimated to reach a total of 733787, 112094 and 75824 beneficiaries in the public distribution system, ICDS (now Anganwadi Services Scheme) and MDM (now PM Poshan) respectively. From the learning of the pilot, the project will be scaled-up to all the districts of Nagaland, he added. The project’s key outputs...