LONGDING, 19 Jul: Union minister of state for tribal affairs Renuka Singh Saruta visited Longding district and inspected and inaugurated various project in the district.
She inaugurated the recently constructed Material Recovery Facility building under urban development & housing department. The facility is capable of processing two tons of solid waste on daily basis and shall segregate solid waste to recover materials for recycling and upcycling purpose. The project cost was 100.00 lakhs which was sanctioned in 2021.
The union minister also took stock of proper functioning of blood bank within the premises of 60 bedded district hospital. The central minister accompanied by minister Honchun Ngandam, Kanubari MLA Gabriel Denwang Wangsu, secretary tribal affairs and youth & sports Abu Tayeng and DC Bani Lego also visited the rain water harvesting & storage plant at Senua village.
A walk through of Senua village to monitor the functionality of water harvesting & storage plant and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was also carried out. The team interacted with villagers and took review of on ground implementation of govt. initiated credit funding schemes like Mudra loans and MSME loans.
Saruta shared her experience of Gujarat Model and encouraged the villagers to take up cattle rearing and dairy farming. She also emphasized on importance of SHG formation and assured every possible help from union government.
She also reviewed the implementation of all the centrally sponsored schemes.
Minister Honchun Ngandam expressed his concern over slow progress in govt. initiated credit and financial schemes and urged the branch manager of SBI Longding to take up the matter on priority. He observed financial inclusion as key to empowerment of unemployed youths and villagers.
While taking a note of all the concerns, the union minister of state applauded the successful implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in some sectors. She also stressed on gearing up the efforts to achieve the goals in target-wise manner on other sectors. (DIPRO)
