Rs 35 cr sanctioned in 3 years for border areas
SHILLONG: Prestone Tynsong said on Wednesday the 12 disputed border areas that the State shares with Assam are part of the inter-state border area development programme and that there was no opposition from the neighbouring state in this regard.
The Minister in charge of Border Areas Development was answering to a query on the opposition from Assam to developmental activities.
Tynsong told reporters that there was no objection from Assam and that “if there is any issue in areas of difference with regard to development, deputy commissioners of both districts sit and sort out the problem.”
The State Border Areas Development Department has sanctioned Rs 35 crore in the last three years for the development of inter-state border areas.
Speaking to reporters, Tynsong said the department, under the Special programme Inter-state Border Area Development Programme, sanctioned Rs 10 crore each in 2012-13 and 2013-14 followed by Rs 15 crore in 2015-16, besides an amount of Rs 15 crore for the year 2016-17.
Talking about the scheme’s success story, he cited the examples of several infrastructure and livelihood projects which have been taken up under the programme.
The Department has constituted district-level screening committees with deputy commissioners as chairmen and local MLAs as members. The committees propose projects to the department for border area development.
The area starting from the demarcation point of the inter-state border till 5km of the villages is taken up as inter-state areas and the programme is also being implemented in the 12 areas of differences, Tynsong informed.
