Roing, Apr 8: Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday conducted a review meeting during his two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district to assess the implementation of various government schemes, programmes and projects.
The Union for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), expressed satisfaction over the district’s performance in executing central schemes and emphasised that the benefits must reach the intended beneficiaries. He assured that any challenges faced by the district administration would be taken up at the highest level to work out solutions and urged all stakeholders to work in alignment with the Union government’s developmental goals.
Special focus was laid on issues such as the student-teacher ratio, distribution of scholarships and stipends, public distribution system coverage, healthcare access, provision of drinking and tap water in rural households, village connectivity, electricity access, functioning of Anganwadi centres, irrigation facilities, skill development initiatives, and the law-and-order situation in the district.
Dambuk MLA Puinnyo Apum raised the need for establishing a branch of the State Bank of India in Dambuk to aid in the implementation of subsidy-linked schemes and also sought a comprehensive water supply scheme to meet the demands of the growing population in Dambuk and the DMP campsite.
Lower Dibang Valley deputy commissioner Soumya Saurabh presented an overview of the district and highlighted the need for hospitality training for local youth to boost the tourism sector.
During his visit, the Union Minister interacted with students, village elders (GBs), and locals at Jia-II government secondary school and briefed them on the significance of vocational education in the MSME sector. He also inspected ongoing MGNREGA and PMAY(G) project sites, interacted with beneficiaries, and visited the water treatment plant and Primary Health Centre at Jia.
