GUWAHATI: In a move to improve coordination and ensure effective management of administrative activities, Government of Assam is all set to construct an integrated directorate complex in the State. A decision in this regard was taken in the executive committee meeting of Assam Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA), which was held in the chief minister’s conference room in Janata Bhawan here on Thursday.
The proposed complex will be set up at Betkuchi in the city and it is expected that the project will significantly create open spaces for other projects at the existing sites of the directorates apart from ensuring efficient and time effective administrative mechanism.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who is also the chairman of AIFA accorded approval to the project in the meeting and directed the PWD department to prepare detail project report so that the project takes off at the earliest. Noteworthy that AIFA is an agency formed by the government of Assam with a mandate to support infrastructural development activities.
The executive committee meeting saw wide range of issues being discussed related to infrastructure development and considering the financial strength of AIFA, it was decided to promote innovative ideas amongst government departments apart from taking up several other projects.
The executive committee decided to call for projects from all government departments which would add value to the state’s growth potential. Each department could submit five such projects related to infrastructure and the best projects amongst them would be taken up for construction with AIFA fund.
The issue of enhancement of installed capacity of Myntriang Small Hydro-Electric Project from existing 9 MW to 13.5 MW was also discussed in the EC. Keeping in view the potential of the project which can contribute in improving the power scenario of the state, the EC also approved the same.