CHIMPU, 12 Jul: Members of the Directorate Service Officers’ Association of Arunachal (DSOAA) inspected the ongoing construction work for the common directorate complex here on Friday.
During the inspection, the DSOAA team pointed out that the common directorate complex, housing all the directorates under one roof, would be the first common directorate in the Northeast. It said that the project is an “outcome of the demand of the DSOAA made to the state government in 2016.”
“It was a longstanding need of the directorate officers to accommodate all the directorates under one roof, which would benefit both the public and the staffs alike, similar to the civil secretariat,” they said.
The team appealed to the state government to increase the planned G+6 building to G+8 to house new departments that might be created in the future. The team also urged the executing agency to not compromise with the quality of work; try and finish the project on time; “take special care in construction of the dome to prevent water seepages like that of the Assembly and civil secretariat buildings; and installation of transparent lifts and high-mast towers.”
Meanwhile, PWD Capital Division-B Assistant Engineer Nangram Mire informed that the Rs 98-crore project began in 2022, and is scheduled to be completed by 2025.
“The common directorate complex will house 22 directorates, including that of the agriculture, art & culture, audit & pension, education, economics & statistics, fisheries, food & civil supplies, industry, skill development & entrepreneurship, labour & employment, trade & commerce, research, science & technology, state remote sensing application centre, textiles & handicrafts, transport, women & child development, youth affairs, lokayukta, women’s commission, and the State Human Rights Commission,” informed the site engineer.
The DSOAA team was led by its general secretary Wangton Lowang, vice president Gomar Angu, convener Toko Togur, and publicity secretary Gyati Kacho.
