NAMSAI, Aug 28: Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Labour & Employment, Bhupender Yadav reviewed the aspirational district programme in Namsai in presence of Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein, MLA Namsai, Chau Zingnu Namchoom, MLA Tezu, Karikho Kri and Commissioner Planning & Investment, Prashant Lokhande at District Secretariat, Namsai today.
In his interaction with the public representatives and HoDs of the district, the Union Minister said that PM Narendra Modi’s government works with a vision to develop border states and efforts are being made to ensure that there is no shortage in infrastructure development in the border areas. 
"Main motto of the Union Government is the service of common people that is ‘Seva’. Good Governance is for ‘Garib Kalyan’ that is to ensure that benefits of government schemes reach to the needy and poor people," he said.
Yadav further said Good Governance should be accompanied by innovations and willpower to deliver. Simultaneously, Scientific attitude & cultural way of life must go together; scientific attitude would help to move forward along with the world while cultural attitude would help to educate us about ethical values, he added. 
Exhorting the Heads of the Departments in one-to-one interactions, he asked them to work in synergy with the related departments in order to achieve better results in the implementations of the schemes.
Yadav commended the State Government  for becoming the first State to adopt the climate change declaration in line with the announcement made by PM Modi in COP26 Glasgow 2021. He assured to look into any important project, if pending due to environmental issues and said that the Ministry is ready for a dialogue and find ways for the cities under ‘Forest Reserve’ so as not to hamper its developments.
He also lauded Deputy Chief Minister, Mein for his initiatives to preserve & promote indigenous cultures and his efforts for recognition of unsung heroes of the state.
He further called upon to adopt holistic developmental approach together with cultural development, sports events and fair distribution of government schemes. He further emphasized on new start-ups for youths and thorough implementation of PM Awaz Yojana. He said, “Namsai should rise from aspirational district to one of the best district”.

Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein in his speech said that though Namsai is a newborn district, it is growing very fast especially in tourism sector because of its good road connectivity and central locations to many tourist spots and pilgrimage sites like Parasuramkund, Glow Lake, Namdhapa National Park, BismakNagar, Dong Village etc. which are easily accessible from Namsai. He informed that weekly average tourist footfalls in the district is 5000 and the district recorded more than 2 lakh tourist footfall annually.
Mein also highlighted the various State Government Flagship Programs like Atma-Nirbhar Krishi & Atma-Nirbhar Bhagwani Yojana, Deen Dayal Uphadyay Yojana, alternate cropping for poppy cultivation, etc. Citing Hydropower as the biggest potential of the State, he said that it will become the biggest revenue earner for Arunachal Pradesh in near future.
Citing stringent conditions and prolonged Forest Clearance process as the main hurdles for developmental activities, Mein informed that Khamtis settled in Namsai and Chongkham area since the year 1751 while it was notified as Forest Reserve much later in the year 1936. Saying that 82% of the total area of the District falls under Forest Reserve notified area, he proposed for forest reserve diversion from already existing villages and towns.
Earlier, Commissioner Planning & Investment, Prashant Lokhande highlighted the initiatives of the State Government under various Chief Minister’s and State Govt’s Flagships programmes like Border Area Development Projects, Digital Connectivity, Action taken to fight drug abuse, Hydropower Power Projects, Best practices of the Govt and reforms including Capacity Building, Skill development and e-Governance, Ease of Doing Business to Ease of Living, Staff Selection Board, Innovation Parks, Indigenous Affairs, etc through powerpoint presentation.
Later, the Union Minister inspected the ongoing construction work of District Hospital, Namsai and laid the foundation stone of Mother & Child Health wing of the District Hospital. He also visited the Drug De-Addiction Camp Centre run by the Women Welfare Society of Chongkham and interacted with them and the inmates. He also visited Parasuramkund and inspected the ongoing works of PRASAD Scheme.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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