State faces shortage of 70 Circle Officers

CHANGLANG, Dec 6: Chief Minister Pema Khandu today promised to take up the issue of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission in the coming assembly session for discussion to strengthen and make it more competent. He said the state faces shortage of about 70 Circle Officers and informed that it will be filled through recruitment by APPSC and lateral entry. 
He was speaking at a public meeting here as the Arunachal Rising campaign today reached the people of Changlang district. 
Launching the Arunachal Rising campaign at a public meeting here, Chief Minister said Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts have in the past face deprivation in government jobs and in getting centrally funded development schemes due to certain loopholes in the system. However, such deprivation is being addressed with reforms brought out by present government. Chief Minister said decentralization process and reforms in job sectors will provide equitable distribution of resources and fair share of development pie. He also said centrally sponsored schemes such as RIDF, NEC NLCPR are now being massively implemented in the TCL region compared to earlier times when such central schemes hardly reached the region. Giving more fillip to the development aspirations of TCL districts, Chief Minister promised to start the sports academy and Sainik school in the next academic session to begin in 2019. 
Responding to public memorandum, Chief Minister said all the demands have been marked to the concerned Secretaries through e-platform promising to address it. Some of the demands included creation of new circle headquarters, funds for roads, funds for VKV School, manpower issue of Rangfrah College, posting of Circle Officer and other staffers. 
Earlier Chief Minister gave away cash prizes and certificates to winners of essay and painting competition for school children conducted under Arunachal Rising campaign. He also gave away cash prizes and certificates to best ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and progressive farmers. 
Beginning the day, Khandu paid a visit to the ‘Rangshom Him’ - the prayer house and offered prayers to Almighty ‘Rangfrah’.  He inaugurated the new District Secretariat building executed by PWD. Addressing the government officers, Khandu lauded the executing agency for quality work and appreciated the provision for ramp facility in the building for physically challenged. He said the district secretariat across the state were funded by the Centre through SPA but were discontinued. Khandu informed that all such pending projects are now being taken up under state owned resources. 
He also visited the water treatment plant where he inaugurated the augmentation of water supply to Changlang township under RIDF (1.5MLD). The project will benefit the people of the town with treated water including promotion of additional infrastructure growth, said Khandu.  He also inaugurated the 4.14km of cement concrete pavement road under Changlang township and the 36km double lane Changlang - Margherita road under CRF both executed by PWD.

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