Finalize DPR for strategic road in Arunachal: Chowna Mein urges BRO

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has asked the Border Road Organization (BRO) to finalize the 'Detailed Project Report' (DPR) for the two-lanning of the road from Chowkham Tri-junction in Namsai district to holy pilgrims site Parasuram Kund in Lohit district. Mein also asked both the DCs to conduct the land-acquisition process smoothly.

The Deputy Chief Minister discussed the steps on implementation of the strategic road with Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, Commissioner (Planning) Prashant Lokhande, Deputy Commissioners of Lohit and Namsai, Demwe based 48 Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) Commander through a video conference on Wednesday.

Mein also urged them to complete the land acquisition process as soon as the DPR is finalized and also complete the floating of tender before the start of the working season so that the road project could be carried out in time, an official communiqué informed here.

The Deputy Chief Minister further said that fast development of road communication is taking place across the State and cited many road projects ncluding, two-laning of road from Roing to Anini, Tohangam to Hayuliang, Manmao to Changlang, Hukanjuri to Khonsa, Potin to Pangin, across the State.

"Surface road communications will greatly improve after these road projects are completed," Mein said. BRTF Commander Saurabh Srivastava informed that the land survey has been completed for the said portion of the road and the DPR would be made purely on the guidelines of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

Among others Lohit DC Prince Dhawan, his Namsai counterpart RK Sharma, Secretary Land Management Hage Tarin and Director State Remote Sensing Application Centre, HK Dutta also attended the video conference, the communiqué added.

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