New Delhi: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space and Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs met Kalikho Pul, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh recently and discussed a wide range of issues related to the state.
Pul sought the attention of Dr Singh to the problem of air connectivity, to which Dr Singh said that land had already been identified for an airport in Itanagar, capital of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. In response to Pul’s plea for building a railway corridor along the foothills in the State, Dr Singh said, that the matter has been discussed with the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and the plan is to have a broad-gauge railway track in the North-Eastern States.
Pul sought Dr Singh's intervention for increase in the budget allocations for Northeast and asked him to request the Finance Minister that the amount not spent out of Non-lapsable pool should be kept at the disposal of the DoNER Ministry instead of getting reverted to the general exchequer.
13/06/16 TravelBizMonitor
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Pul sought the attention of Dr Singh to the problem of air connectivity, to which Dr Singh said that land had already been identified for an airport in Itanagar, capital of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. In response to Pul’s plea for building a railway corridor along the foothills in the State, Dr Singh said, that the matter has been discussed with the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and the plan is to have a broad-gauge railway track in the North-Eastern States.
Pul sought Dr Singh's intervention for increase in the budget allocations for Northeast and asked him to request the Finance Minister that the amount not spent out of Non-lapsable pool should be kept at the disposal of the DoNER Ministry instead of getting reverted to the general exchequer.
13/06/16 TravelBizMonitor
