Arunachal CM tells officials to complete Hollongi Airport project by August 2022
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday told the officials engaged in the construction of the greenfield airport at Hollongi near here, to complete the project by August 2022.
Khandu accompanied by state's Civil Aviation Minister Nakap Nalo and a host of departmental officers and legislators took the first-hand reports of the ground facts of the maiden airport in the state capital.
"The project, foundation of which was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is our top-most priority. Please be informed that earlier the completion target was November 2022 which, has been changed to August 2022. Work accordingly," Khandu said.
He assured that funds would not be a constraint for the completion of any work on time.
Officials of the work departments like Power, PHE, PWD, and district administration gave details of works being executed by each like water supply, power, approach road, boundary wall, land acquisition, rehabilitation of displaced Chakma settlers.
Most of the works are under execution and the officials assured that by March next year all would be completed except for a few that would be executed after completion of works like boundary wall and approach road, official sources said here.
The chief minister expressed concern over the slow progress of actual work on the runway and airport terminal.
The project is being executed by Gujarat-based firm Dinesh Chandra R Agarwal Infracon Pvt Ltd.
Khandu told the Chief Project Manager of the firm Kaushal Patel that all assistance would be provided to the firm by the government. He urged him to speed up the construction process.
"You have got five months of the best working season now. Make full use of it. Workday and night. You have got all our support and cooperation," he said, adding that he would personally monitor the progress of work by visiting the site from time to time.
As the airport site lies along the Assam-Arunachal boundary and some land has to be acquired also from the Assam side, Khandu said, adding that he would soon have a talk in this regard with his Assam counterpart.
"As both Arunachal and Assam will benefit from the airport, we will coordinate with Assam government in the successful completion of the project," he said.
Khandu also visited the rehabilitation site of the 186 displaced Chakma families and interacted with them.
He assured them assistance, especially in resolving the drinking water issue, which is under progress.
As a temporary solution, water is being supplied through bore wells at the moment.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
