Itanagar 15 August : Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday stated that with the active intervention of the Central government, work on the sub-project of 2,000 megawatts Subansiri Lower, the biggest hydro-project in India is moving quickly. The Chief Minister stated that work on the 2,880 MW Dibang projects will also start shortly.
“People of Dibang Valley district and Lower Dibang Valley district helped greatly in solving the long-running land acquisition issue related to this power project that has opened the way for an investment of between Rs 30,000 and the tune of 40,000 crore in this region,” Khandu said after raising the flag of the nation on the occasion of the Independence Day in Itanagar.
He stated that, out of the installed capacity of the power generation of 1,139 734 MW was added in the last six years.
According to Khandu, Arunachal Pradesh recorded the second-lowest mortality rate in the country during the Covid pandemic with recovery rates consistently at or above 99 percent.
Informing that the sum of Rs 450 crore was allocated for the upgrading of 18 district hospitals in the state to improve the health system more robust, he said that for the first time, drones will be employed in health supply chains to transport medicines and vaccines to distant areas, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
The “Medicine from the Sky” program was launched on Monday morning with the first delivery of medications being delivered in East Kameng district, he added.
The fact that the Human Resource Gap in the health sector has been reduced to 6 percent from 33 percent clearly shows the importance given to the state government in reforming the health sector in Arunachal Pradesh the Chief Minister stated.
“To combat the increasing threat of addiction to drugs in the state the government has enacted the “Arunachal Pradesh policy on psychoactive Substance’ to coordinate efforts.
“We will establish state of the art rehabilitation and treatment facilities in Namsai, Itanagar and Bomdila in addition to substantially increasing the budget of the Chief Minister’s Nasha Mukti Abhiyan from Rs 4 crore to 15 crore.”
The Chief Minister explained to the crowd that an Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between the Arunachal Pradesh government and the Rashtriya Raksha University for establishing an academic campus in Pasighat in East Siang district that, he said, will give youth the chance to join the army and help strengthen the defense of the region.
The statement states that in order to increase the connectivity of the air in remote regions the government of India has approved the development of helicopter ports in Ziro, Daporijo, Tuting and Walong under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS-UDAN) The Chief Minister stated that plans are in the works for the establishment of Advance Landing Grounds in Ziro, Tuting, Mechuka and Vijoynagar to start fixed-wing operations.
Thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving the plan to provide 4G mobile connections to 1683 villages distantly located in Arunachal Pradesh in 2023 under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan, he declared that the Centre has also decided to add more villages that are eligible for 4G mobile connectivity.
This will create a dramatic transformation in the lives of people by offering the digital tools to empower them, he stated.
The Chief Minister stated that the government of the state had adopted a revised program for surrender, rehabilitation and rehabilitation of militants in the states to facilitate the rehabilitation of young people who are misguided to assist their departure from the road of violence and returning to normal life.
An initial contribution of 5 crore rupees was made to this program, he said.
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