Tuki conducts aerial survey for proposed FTI in Arunachal

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki accompanied with IPR, Art and Cultural Affairs Secretary Dani Salu conducted an aerial survey of Jote area here for setting up the proposed Film and Television Institute (FTI).
Immediately after landing at Naharlagun heliport from a campaign for the by-election to Kanubari Assembly constituency slated for October 15 next, the CM entourage took for the survey yesterday, an official communique informed here today.
Located at the foothills of Jollang hills, the huge green patch criss-crossed by perennial Poma river could catch the imagination of any nature lover.
The Union I&B Ministry has proposed to set up a FTI in the state at par with FTI of India, Pune and Satyajit Ray FTI (SRFTI), Kolkata for which an expert team of SRFTI is expected to visit the state soon to assess and prepare a feasibility report, Tuki disclosed.

The villagers had willingly offered to donate land for the FTI when IPR Parliamentary Secretary Bamang Felix along with Salu and IPR director C M Longphong had surveyed the area on October 6 last.
The site about 10 km from here is a well-planned satellite city where the NIT, law college, tourist park, regional cultural center and academy for indigenous faith and culture are coming up.
The site about 25 km from the Hollongi Greenfield airport and 35 km from Borum railway station would be very suitably for the institute, the chief minister said.