ITANAGAR, Oct 4 - Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has urged the Centre to constitution of a high level Group of Ministers (GoMs) to resolve issues of hydropower in the State, so that the projects which at present have been facing bottlenecks on various grounds can be brought back on track.
Khandu made this proposition while meeting with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal at Shram Shakti Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday.
The Chief Minister further apprised Goyal about the missing links in the 132 KV transmission grid project funded by the Government of India which does not have Khup-Tawang, Rupai-Namsai, Bomdila-Kalaktang and Likabali-Basar zones under the project. He requested him to incorporate the left out links under the project. He also pitched for consideration of a proposal for 89-MW solar park at Tezu.
Apart from power issues, the Chief Minister, who was accompanied by a team of top-ranking State government officers including Chief Secretary and Power Commissioner, requested the Union Minister to consider reopening of the Namchik-Namphuk Coalfield which had been a major source of revenue for the State.
�The economic growth and local subsistence avenues have been grossly affected by the closure of the project (coalfield). Therefore, the Government of India has been requested to examine the matter of reopening the project at the earliest,� Khandu appealed while giving the fact that the State government has machinery in place to curb illegal mining.
The Union Minister gave a positive response, assuring Arunachal Pradesh of Centre�s all possible support to make the State�s power sector vibrant. He asked the State government to initiate result-oriented approach to ensure that the power sector, which has huge potential in Arunachal, sees a major boost in the days to come.
ITANAGAR, Oct 4 - Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has urged the Centre to constitution of a high level Group of Ministers (GoMs) to resolve issues of hydropower in the State, so that the projects which at present have been facing bottlenecks on various grounds can be brought back on track.
Khandu made this proposition while meeting with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal at Shram Shakti Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday.
The Chief Minister further apprised Goyal about the missing links in the 132 KV transmission grid project funded by the Government of India which does not have Khup-Tawang, Rupai-Namsai, Bomdila-Kalaktang and Likabali-Basar zones under the project. He requested him to incorporate the left out links under the project. He also pitched for consideration of a proposal for 89-MW solar park at Tezu.
Apart from power issues, the Chief Minister, who was accompanied by a team of top-ranking State government officers including Chief Secretary and Power Commissioner, requested the Union Minister to consider reopening of the Namchik-Namphuk Coalfield which had been a major source of revenue for the State.
�The economic growth and local subsistence avenues have been grossly affected by the closure of the project (coalfield). Therefore, the Government of India has been requested to examine the matter of reopening the project at the earliest,� Khandu appealed while giving the fact that the State government has machinery in place to curb illegal mining.
The Union Minister gave a positive response, assuring Arunachal Pradesh of Centre�s all possible support to make the State�s power sector vibrant. He asked the State government to initiate result-oriented approach to ensure that the power sector, which has huge potential in Arunachal, sees a major boost in the days to come.
