MoS Defence inspects border fencing
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 10 2012:
Union Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Dr MM Pallam Raju today arrived here along with Director General of Border Road Organisation (BRO) Lt Gen P Ravi Shankar; Chief Engineer of Project Pustak, BRO and other officials of Defence Ministry.
He came from Nagaland in a chopper and flew straight to Moreh where he inspected the border fencing work being taken up along the Indo-Myanmar border.
At Moreh, the Union MoS for Defence was received by IGAR (S) Maj Gen UK Gurung; Brig Upendra Dwivedi, DC Chandel, representatives of different communities and students of the border town.
He also crossed the Indo-Myanmar border bridge and inspected the condition of the bridge.
Later talking to mediapersons, Dr Raju said that the road renovated by BRO from Moreh to Tamu was satisfactory.
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After the inspection, the Union MoS for Defence convened a joint meeting with various district level officials before flying back to Imphal.
At Imphal, Dr Pallam Raju met Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh at the Chief Minister bungalow at around 4 pm for nearly 40 minutes, but the details of the meeting could not be ascertained till the time of filing of this report.
The Union minister also met Governor Gurbachan Jagat at Raj Bhavan where he would also be holding the night.
In the evening, a dinner was hosted in his honour at the Banquet hall of 1st MR.Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh was also present at the occasion.
Cultural dance and folk songs were also displayed prior to the dinner.
The Union MoS for Defence would be visiting Tamenglong district and Jiribam sub-division on Wednesday for inspection of work being taken up by BRO on National Highway 37 which links Imphal with Assam and other parts of India and inaugurate a road newly constructed by Assam Rifles in Tamenglong district.
Afterward, he would be visiting Jiribam sub-division, Imphal East district to have a first-hand account of the progress made so far on railway tracks being laid to connect Imphal with the rest of the country, official source said.
It may be mentioned that the progress of the work being undertaken by BRO along National Highway 37 has been alleged to be very slow by truck owners, truck drivers, and various civil society organizations.
Letters and memorandums urging the Union Government to speed up the progress of the work along this highway before the rainy season have been submitted by various concerned parties.
The Union MoS for Defence would leave Imphal tomorrow afternoon.