The State Development Council (SDC) under the chairmanship of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has fixed a whopping Rs 12,500 crore for developmental and welfare activities in this financial year covering all the 57 government departments.
While addressing the final day of the SDC meeting yesterday, Tuki expressed satisfaction over the deliberations and hoped that the exercise would prove to be the springboard of development for the state, a report from the CMO said here today.
He, however,reminded that the challenge now remains in implementation of the projects approved by SDC and called upon all the departments to strictly adhere to the guidelines in implementing projects.
"Every single penny approved for developmental projects should reach the beneficiary at the lowest level and no compromise will be made in judicious utilization of the funds," Tuki asserted, while emphasizing on strict monitoring of all projects during implementation.
In a novel initiative the state government has decided to adopt 10 villages across the state this year and develop as a pilot project by equipping these villages with all basic infrastructure and civic amenities including garbage and solid waste management.
According to the Chief Minister this would be carried forward by including more villages in a phased manner in coming years. An allotment of Rs 500 lakh has been earmarked for this first ever project in the state.
Another new initiative of the government approved is the Chief Minister's Mission Mode project for renovation of township roads with an allocation of Rs 500 crore for the next five years. PWD and RWD would jointly prepare a master plan for rural, urban and interstate roads to avoid duplicity and lapses.
Also the government's focus would be on upgradation of existing roads based on road driving experience for which Rs 30 crore has been approved.
