NES Reiterates Demand For Early Construction of Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH)

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Itanagar: The Nyishi Elite Society (NES) has reiterated its demand for completion of all formalities in a time-bound manner and construction of the Potin-Pangin stretch of the Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH) immediately so that the people do not suffer.

The NES in a release while clarifying a media report maligning the image of its president Bengia Tolum and the organisation on the TAH compensation scam, said that as per the factual records, the amount of compensation comes to Rs 89 lakhs as per the actual measurement and sanctioned accordingly.

“The matter was reported to the Lower Subansiri deputy commissioner on March 6 last, but the DC suo moto published the news on September 6 without disposing of the representation submitted by Tolum, which appears to be a planned vindictive action as he was spearheading a mass movement in the form of a protest rally on February 2 this year involving all the CBOs of the state under the banner of the Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum (AITF) to press for early completion of the Potin-Pangin TAH.”

It said “dragging the NES president’s name was just for eyewash to puncture the movement,” adding that “the name of the NES president, which was falsely implicated, be exonerated and published for information of the public.”

“There is no scope of any confusion as the TAH strip plan as well as the structure still exists,” the NES said.

It further clarified that, as the AITF president, Tolum had knocked the doors of all the dignitaries, beginning from the chief secretary to the chief minister and the governor of Arunachal, and submitted memorandums to union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking action on the infamous highway compensation scam, terming it “daylight robbery of the developmental fund.”

The AITF also demanded early completion of the project, saying the people cannot be made to suffer because of a handful of corrupt individuals, which must have attracted the ire of those involved, the NES said.

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