{"id":59054,"date":"2019-02-03T02:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T20:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=59054"},"modified":"2019-02-03T02:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T20:35:35","slug":"cm-blames-previous-state-govt-for-delay-in-potin-pangin-road-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/02\/03\/cm-blames-previous-state-govt-for-delay-in-potin-pangin-road-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"CM blames previous state govt for delay in Potin-Pangin road construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>POBDI, Feb 2:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu blamed the previous state government for the delay in construction of the Potin to Pangin stretch of the national highway.<br \/>\n&#8220;The people must realize that the delay in the execution of the Potin-Pangin road is not due to any lapse from the Centre but from the state government,&#8221; Pema said after launching the third leg of the &#8216;Arunachal Rising&#8217; campaign at Pobdi village in West Siang district on Saturday.<br \/>\nHe said the work had been allotted in 2012 without following any proper norms, and that the land acquisition process was completed.<br \/>\n&#8220;Now, under my leadership, the entire process of project execution is being overhauled,&#8221; the chief minister said.<br \/>\nHe informed that the Centre has sanctioned funds for the project in three packages, saying the tender for the purpose would be floated by 9 February.<br \/>\nPema also said the pending Potin-Pangin project &#8220;has caused huge expenditure<br \/>\nto the state exchequer, which otherwise could have been used for public benefit in education or health sector.&#8221;<br \/>\nSpeaking on development issues of the area, the CM said a separate airport for the Siang belt would soon be worked out, and promised to create a central divisional commissioner&#8217;s office in 2019.<br \/>\n&#8220;The road from the Aalo DRDA office to Darka of Rs 10 crore has received immediate approval at RE stage,&#8221; he said, adding that, while science stream has been introduced in Donyi Polo Government College, Kamki, postgraduate courses would also start there from this year.<br \/>\nResponding to a public memorandum, Pema assured to provide fund for construction of a 60-bedded hostel for the secondary school here. He asked the district administration to immediately submit the estimate.<br \/>\nThe chief minister, who dedicated the all-weather road from the Nyorak PMGSY road to Kodum-Nikte CO HQ and the two-lane road from Nigmoi to Aalo to the people on Saturday, said several big connectivity projects under central schemes are being launched in the state.<br \/>\nHe said Rs 440 crore worth PMGSY projects are being executed in the state, and that once the fund is used, another Rs 600 crore would be sanctioned immediately.<br \/>\n&#8220;All the salaried people working under the state or central government are servants of the public, with the chief minister being the mukhya sevak,&#8221; Pema said.<br \/>\nHe said the earlier mindset of government officers and elected representatives, revering themselves as the masters of the people, must be done away with.<br \/>\n&#8220;We all are in our respective positions to serve the public and not to take benefit out of them or in their name,&#8221; Pema said.<br \/>\nHe said that due to rigorous campaign by the state government, &#8220;the people are becoming more aware about the schemes and policies of the government and coming forward to avail their benefits in large numbers.&#8221;<br \/>\nUnion MoS for Home Kiren Rijiju, Tourism Minister Jarkar Gamlin and Deputy Speaker Tumke Bagra accompanied the chief minister during the campaign. (CMO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POBDI, Feb 2: Chief Minister Pema Khandu blamed the previous state government for the delay in construction of the Potin to Pangin stretch of the national highway. &#8220;The people must realize that the delay in the execution of the Potin-Pangin road is not due to any lapse from the Centre but from the state government,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}