Governor BD Mishra urges people to join hands with government

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Itanagar: Governor Brig (retd) Dr BD Mishra on Sunday called upon the people of the State to join hands with the state government to fight the hydra headed monster 'corruption' for sake of development.

Unfurling the National Tri-colour at Indira Gandhi Park here on the occasion of 71st anniversary of the Republic Day, the Governor in his address to the people said that in order to bring transparency and curb corruption, the government had developed Arunachal satellite-based monitoring and geo tagging tool which is compulsory for all government departments to geo tag all projects. "My government is seeking team spirit and working hard to achieve excellence in governance, quality education, better health services, progressive changes in agriculture & horticulture sectors, blue economy, employment generation and drinking water to all households by 2024 besides maintaining law and order through modernization of police forces," Dr Mishra said.

He said, the government is adopting a comprehensive approach with better and new technologies for roadways, railways, airways, water ways and Internet ways in the State.

"We have developed a comprehensive plan to upgrade all roads in the district headquarters over a period of next four years under the Chief Minister Comprehensive State Road Plan 2019-24, to bring improvement in 150 km roads in the state capital, upgrade important inter-state and inter-district roads to the specification of state highway," the Governor said.

Dr Mishra informed that the government was trying for to sanction from the Centre this year two important road projects – Frontier Highway and East West Corridor.

While the Frontier Highway will provide seamless connectivity across the entire border state, the East West Corridor will act as an economic corridor and usher in industrial development, the Governor added.

"I appeal to all the people, especially the landowners to cooperate and offer the requisite land generously whenever required in public interest," Mishra said.

He said the Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, near here and its auxiliary support infrastructure are now on the work chart of the government ad it would be completed in the next three years time.

The Governor further informed that as per reports of the union Finance Ministry, the GST collection of Arunachal Pradesh till December last year has recorded 124 per cent jump, greatest in the country.

He said, the hydropower potential would take the state from an economic resource constraint state to an economic affluent one in the country and the Dibang Multipurpose project (2880 mega watt) with an approved expenditure of Rs 28,080 crore is a major step in the direction, which would be completed in next nine years.

"The government has approved the state industrial policy to make the state investment-friendly by promoting ease of doing business. We will have a single window system to create conducive business environment and will provide attractive incentives and subsidies for setting up industries in the state," Mishra said in his address.

He said, in view if the large number of users of opium, cannabis, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the state, the government had constituted 'Control, Awareness, Monitoring and Enforcement' (CAME) teams to combat drug menace and destroy illicit opium and cannabis cultivation in the districts.

In the health sector, the Governor said, the government has launched the ambitious Chief Minister's Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY) which would provide health insurance cover for a family up to five lakh per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization which are not covered under Ayushman Bharat scheme of the Centre.

Dr Mishra added that the state government is planning to tie up with 'Airbnb', 'Make My Trip' and other organisations for registering home-stays, on their platform in order to promote tourism in the state besides bringing out a comprehensive tourism development policy to harness the state's tourism potential.

The Governor appealed to the government officials cutting edge levels, to take pledge to be transparent, accountable, honest, regular and with full responsibility must apply mid-course corrections, in their field work wherever necessary in public interest.

Various contingents of state police and para military forces including school children presented March Past, while display of tribal dances were highlights of the occasion.

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