Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today approved in principle that two roads -- one from Bameng to Lada (55 kms) and another from Miao to Vijaynagar (157 kms) -- would be constructed.
He conveyed this to Chief Minister Nabam Tuki who was in New Delhi to discuss various matters related to the rural development sector in the state, official sources said.
Due to lack of road communication in Lada, a remote circle headquarter in East Kameng district, majority of population mostly Sajalongs and Puroiks have migrated to settle in the foothills of East Kameng and West Kameng.
Likewise, Vijaynagar, also a circle headquarter in Changlang district has been facing myriad problems due to incompletion of the Miao-Vijayanagar road.
Though the road has reached Vijaynagar from Miao, it remains closed or unfit for vehicular movement most part of the year.
Chief Minister Tuki, who visited Lada on October 16 and Vijoynagar on December 23 last year, had assured people that he would take up the road connectivity issue with the Centre earnestly.
Tuki invited Ramesh to lay the foundation stone of both the important roads.
In a positive gesture the Union Minister consented to visit Arunachal from February 18 to 20. (more)
