Friday, February 1, 2008

Rs.10,000-Cr. Package For Arunachal

Itanagar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Jan 31 announced development projects worth about Rs.10,000-crore for Arunachal Pradesh. He also laid the foundation for six of them during his maiden visit to the northeastern State.The package includes a Rs. 5,500-crore 1,840-km trans-Arunachal Pradesh highway that will stretch from Tawang to Mahadevpur. In three or four years, Itanagar would be connected with a four-lane highway, Dr. Singh said.

He laid the foundation for the 3,000-MW Dibang power project, the country''s biggest hydel project, and the 110-MW Pare power project. He said the Dibang project alone would generate over Rs. 300-crore revenue for the State. Dr. Singh also laid the foundation for a new Secretariat building in Itanagar, a rail link between Itanagar and Harmuti, and water supply projects for Itanagar and Naharlagun.

The Prime Minister announced a new greenfield airport for the State capital, operationalisation of the airports at Pasighat, Along, Daporijo, Ziro and Tezu and a daily helicopter service between Guwahati and Tawang, for which the Centre would provide a subsidy.

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