Governor recounts NEC convention
Source: The Sangai Express / DlPR
Imphal, July 15 2018:
Governor Dr Najma Heptulla gave an account of the first session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) meeting which included tabling of an action-taken plan report on the 64th plenary and approval of the draft annual plan of NEC for 2018-19 by the council at Shillong, Meghalaya.
The meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh discussed some of the major issues such as transformation of several districts in the region, strengthening livelihood programmes, water resources management, catchment area treatment through afforestation, doubling farmers' income by 2022, road connectivity, Speaking to media persons at the Raj Bhavan today, the Governor stated that she took the responsibility of representing the State since both the'Chief Minister and Chief Secretary were not able to attend the meeting due to the prevailing situation in the State.
She added that she was very vocal about the issues of the State and as a result NEC which was at the point of abandoning some projects in the State decided to improve the infrastructure by approving 29 projects for the State.
The meeting chaired by the Union Home Minister was very significant because the North East region has border and security issues, and NEC was always under the Home Ministry and now it has become much stronger.
She said her focus was on development issues because the State had suffered a lot due to blockades, bandhs and insufficient funds.
The Governor also raised the issue of a dying Loktak Lake.
Extra attention should be given to infrastructure and roads because the State is landlocked.
She urged that all the Central Government schemes be translated into local dialects so that all the people in the State are aware about the schemes meant for them.