Aadil Mir, Itanagar, Jul 13: In an ongoing process to build-up budget finalization and presentation in the forthcoming State Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki is on a roller-coaster of review meetings to ensure inclusive development in the state. Chief Minister convened three different review meetings with Rural Works Department (RWD), Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Public Works Department (PWD).
While terming PMGSY a advantage for the state, the CM stressed on timely completion of all PMGSY projects by strictly adhering to the guidelines. Earlier, CEO, ARRDA through a PowerPoint presentation informed that out of 1541 habitations in the state only 530 are eligible for PMGSY. While 157 eligible habitations have already been covered under 100 Days Programme by Govt. of India, the DPRs of balance eligible habitations of 373 is being targeted to be submitted by December 2014. This will enable the State Govt. to pursue with the Center for relaxation of qualifying criteria to facilitate connectivity to 1011 ineligible habitations.
The department of PHE highlighted its proposal submitted to the Planning Commission for drinking water facility to border areas under PM's package covering 479 remote villages and 50 rural administrative townships.
On the subject of revenue collection on water tariff, Tuki advised the Department to examine the feasibility and propose for entrusting the responsibility of revenue collection to urban local bodies.
PHE & WSD Minister Takam Pario requested CM Nabam Tuki to allow inclusion of more water supply scheme of urban townships under the programmes of Ministry of UD, priority of which are finalized by the UD Department in the state.
Taking part in the review meeting of PWD department, Chief Minister said that a proper road master plan at each district level should be prepared to enable the Government to plan for giving road connectivity to each and every village in a phased manner within available resources. Such a master plan would check the likely duplicity of schemes at the stage of prioritization and selection process. All the stake-holders in road development like PWD, RWD and BRO should work unanimously in preparing a comprehensive master plan, he opined.
Meanwhile Chief Minister directed to list out those schemes which are targeted to be completed by March 2015 so that the requisite amount of state share for these could be earmarked in the AOP of 2014-15.
Construction of cement concrete roads in the Capital and some of the district headquarters is a major flagship programme taken up under SPA for a planned development of township roads. The CM advocated for the use of latest construction equipments and technology, as a properly constructed CC road shall have a life period of 15 to 20 years, thereby reducing the recurring maintenance costs.
He gave special emphasis on the urgency for improving the roads in the capital complex including Naharlagun township.
To mitigate the problem of traffic congestion in Itanagar and Naharlagun, the feasibility of construction bypass roads as a long term plan, was needed to be explored immediately, the CM emphasized.
Source: ‘Themetrolive.com’
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