Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 16 crore for re-carpeting and black topping of all dilapidated sector roads in the state capital with a total length of 293 km, government spokesman Bamang Felix said here on Friday.
“The repairing and maintenance works for these roads have already been started,” Felix disclosed in a press conference here this evening.
He appealed the citizens to be vigilant for successful maintenance of the roads and further cautioned that any individual dumping muck on these roads or undertaking earth cutting and damaging public assets including roads would be dealt stringently as per law.
“Citizens are requested to display civic sense and refrain from such activities and also report to authorities,” he said.
On the state government proposals for construction of cement concrete road for the state capital, Felix said that since the concept was new for the state, the state government undertook training programme for the engineers of the works departments for ensuring cent percent success of the project.
“The total cost of the project is estimated at Rs 31.5 crore and the government has already sanctioned an amount of Rs 22.5 crore in the first phase while another amount of Rs 9 crore has been earmarked for the second phase,” he informed and added that the work would start immediately after Diwali.
Felix said, the state which receives rainfall for nearly eight months in a year was prone to road erosion and landslides.
“The government is contemplating to widen all the roads in the state capital with proper drainage system to minimize erosion along roads during monsoon,” he added.
When asked on the law and order scenario of the state capital, the spokesman emphatically said that the state government by adopting the policy of zero tolerance was able to minimize the bandh culture to a great extent.
“Securing life and property of citizens is the prime duty of the government and the overall law and order situation in the state is under control,” he claimed adding, cases of various crimes have been effectively cracked while 4×7 PCR vans were being sanctioned for all district headquarters and night patrolling was intensified in all vulnerable areas to check crime.
AAPSU criticises China for objection to Arunachal road Itanagar, Oct 17 (PTI) Reacting to China’s objection on India’s plan to build road along the McMahon line, All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) today termed it as a self mockery.
“Is Beijing not aware that NEFA has been under the Indian Constitution and Todak Basar was first nominated as Rajya Sabha member on May 27, 1972, while the provisional Legislative Assembly with 30 seats was formed in 1975 and the government with P K Thungon as the first chief minister on August 13, 1975?” AAPSU president Kamta Lapung said in a statement here.
“This was followed by representatives in the Lok Sabha. The Assembly seats increased from 30 to 60 with the state attaining statehood in 1987,” he said. “Was China in deep slumber then?” he said.
“The proposal of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju for building a 2,000-km road for providing the much needed connectivity to the people living along the border as well as the strong reaction by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh against China’s objection is laudable,” Lapung said.
“We the Arunachalees are Indians by birth and speak Indian languages. It is in the larger interest of both Asian giants – India and China – to pursue a friendly course to settle the border dispute and stop the stapled visa regime for the Arunachalees to strengthen relations,” he said. (PTI)
