Agartala: DONER minister BK Handique will convene a meeting of Chief Ministers of Northeastern states to discuss on how to speed up development activities in backward regions. The meeting will be held later this month.
This was conveyed to Tribal Welfare Minister Jitendra Chowdhury, who met the DONER minister in Delhi recently. Talking to media here on Thursday, Chowdhury said that the meeting would be held later this month. The objective of the meeting is to receive suggestions from the Chief Ministers of NE region on how to expedite development process.
Chowdhury claimed that the union minister appreciated Tripura’s performance in terms of implementation of NEC sponsored schemes. He said that the state government would press for implementation of decisions taken in the sectoral meetings on power, road communication, commerce and tourism. Referring to the vision 2020, Chowdhury said that the government would also urge the Centre to ensure proper implementation of the vision documents. During the meeting with union minister, Chowdhury also took up the vexed Reang refugee problem. In reply, Handique said this is a challenge for the UPA government.
"The Centre wants to find an amicable and lasting solution to the problem", the union minister assured the Tribal Welfare minister. Chowdhury pointed out that the state government wants the matter shall be sorted out at the political level.
Sharing sympathy towards the displaced Reang people, Mr. Handique said that he would discuss the issue with the Mizoram Chief Minister to put an end to the vexed refugee problem. On behalf of the state, Mr. Chowdhury also submitted a project for installation of Technical Specify Rubber (TSR) at Takmacherra rubber processing centre to the union minister.
Source: http://www.theshillongtimes.com/
This was conveyed to Tribal Welfare Minister Jitendra Chowdhury, who met the DONER minister in Delhi recently. Talking to media here on Thursday, Chowdhury said that the meeting would be held later this month. The objective of the meeting is to receive suggestions from the Chief Ministers of NE region on how to expedite development process.
Chowdhury claimed that the union minister appreciated Tripura’s performance in terms of implementation of NEC sponsored schemes. He said that the state government would press for implementation of decisions taken in the sectoral meetings on power, road communication, commerce and tourism. Referring to the vision 2020, Chowdhury said that the government would also urge the Centre to ensure proper implementation of the vision documents. During the meeting with union minister, Chowdhury also took up the vexed Reang refugee problem. In reply, Handique said this is a challenge for the UPA government.
"The Centre wants to find an amicable and lasting solution to the problem", the union minister assured the Tribal Welfare minister. Chowdhury pointed out that the state government wants the matter shall be sorted out at the political level.
Sharing sympathy towards the displaced Reang people, Mr. Handique said that he would discuss the issue with the Mizoram Chief Minister to put an end to the vexed refugee problem. On behalf of the state, Mr. Chowdhury also submitted a project for installation of Technical Specify Rubber (TSR) at Takmacherra rubber processing centre to the union minister.
Source: http://www.theshillongtimes.com/
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