Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Saturdayappealed to the Wancho community to make insurgency-hit Longding a model district of the state by adopting double cropping considering its huge agri-horticultre potentials.
“Double cropping by availing the benefits under CM’s Agriculture Mechanical Programme that offers 50 per cent subsidy for procuring agri appliances and financial aid to take up tea and rubber cultivation to generate employment is the only panacea to boost rural economy and make Longding a model district,” Tuki told a public meeting at Lawnu.The booming population could be fed through double cropping by making best utilization of the land, which, Tuki said, would herald an era of new economic development as rice, millet, maize, battle nuts were grown plenty in the district.
With the commitment to make administration available at the doorsteps of the people in his land-locked hilly state, Tuki inaugurated Lawnu, the sixth circle of the newly created Longding district. Longding, the 17th district of the state was inaugurated by the chief minister on March 19 last year, carving out of Tirap district with Kanubari, Longding, Pongchao, Wakka and Pumao circles with a population of around 70,000.
After declaring the new circle open to benefit about 5,000 local denizens, Tuke said the UPA government’s flagship programmes and PM’s package for the double-lane Trans-Arunachal Highway would bring a sea change by linking 11 district headquarters of the state.
Referring to the Vission-2013 he unveiled yesterday at Itanagar to accelerate state’s all-round development, Tuki said the programmes and policies of his government were inclusive for growth of all sections without any discrimination.
The CM also sanctioned Rs 50 lakh each for developing the new helipad and constructing an inspection bungalow. (PTI)