Month: July 2022

BANGKOK, Jul 30: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Saturday proposed creating a Tai tourist circuit in the Northeast considering the religious and cultural similarities between Arunachal Pradesh and Thailand. Speaking at the inaugural session of the second edition of the North East India Festival here in Thailand, Mein said apart from the Buddhist circuit, a tourist circuit could be created in the region to attract Buddhist devotees and Tai tourists from the South East Asian Countries including Thailand. He said that apart from investment in tourism and industry, Arunachal…

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NAMSAI, Jul 30: Namsai, one of the two districts selected for the celebration of the grand finale of ‘Bijli Mahotsav’ in the state, concluded the programme on Saturday in a befitting manner. Prior to the commencement of the central programme, a local event was held at the DC’s conference hall, here. Speaking on the occasion ZPC Nang Urmila Mancheykhun said that electricity was essential for day-to-day activities and survival without electricity was unfathomable. She also highlighted how the power sector in the district has progressed over the years. Lamenting the…

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ITANAGAR, Jul 30: Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tame Phassang along with the corporators and officials of the corporation on Saturday inspected the under-construction office building of IMC at Chimpu, near here. The Mayor urged the executing agency to maintain quality and expedite the work so that the present temporary office at Nitivihar could be shifted. “The present office is in a rented building, congested and has no available rooms for officers and staff so it is difficult to perform our responsibilities in a proper way,” Phassang said. “Since the…

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ITANAGAR, Jul 30: Capital DC Talo Potom Saturday convened a meeting with the owners of hotels, automobile workshops and hospitals which were found operating without installation of the effluent treatment plant and sewage treatment plant in violation of Section 25/26 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974. Arunachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (APSPCB) Member Secretary T. Riba said notices were served by the board to various business establishments in compliance with the order of the National Green Tribunal to install ETP/STP in their respective establishments…

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By A O News Service ITANAGAR, July 30: Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) cooperators and officers led by Mayor Tame Phassang would be visiting Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) soon to have first-hand knowledge about its functioning and operations. Phassang accepted the suggestion of a senior journalist as the BMC, set up under Bombay Municipal Corporation Act 1888, is India’s richest municipal corporation with its annual budget exceeding that of many smaller states of the country. He was given the suggestion as he had led a team to Guwahati recently to study functions…

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By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Jul 29: Bodies of five Assam labourers, who were among the 19 missing from a road construction site in Kurung Kumey district for a fortnight, were found in a dense forest, a senior district official said on Friday. Rescue teams have found the five decomposed bodies in the dense forest between Huri and Tapa in the last couple of days, Kurung Kumey Deputy Commissioner Nighee Bengia said. The bodies were found in different locations and on different dates – one on July 25, three…

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ITANAGAR, Jul 29: The state government is committed to extending all possible support to telecom service providers to improve digital connectivity in border areas, a top official said on Friday. State Chief Secretary Dharmendra asked the telecom service providers to work in close coordination with the deputy commissioners and solve the issues related to site acquisition, power supply, and others that may arise during commissioning of the projects, an official communiqué  said here. This will help improve digital communication in the state, especially in remote villages. The Chief Secretary was…

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