ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today sounded red alert across the State in the wake of flood that affected several districts of the State.

Expressing concern over reports of heavy floods and damages in Lower Dibang Valley, Changlang and Lohit districts, Tuki today directed the Deputy Commissioners concerned to initiate measure for immediate relief.

Incessant rains over the past week has thrown life out of gear in Arunachal Pradesh with flood and landslides reported in many parts of the state.

Floods triggered by rain submerged paddy fields, causing erosion and landslides in many areas of Nari, Ruksin, Pasighat and adjacent areas of East Siang district, officials said on Wednesday. The historical MMJ road, considered as the lifeline of rural people of Ruksin sub-division, has been breached at several locations causing great problems to office goers and villagers. The flood also caused extensive damage to rural link roads, they said.

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has said the state was facing problems in getting environment clearances, in some cases taking years, for the proposed hydropower projects.

Attending a panel discussion on ‘Hydropower Projects in North-East’ at New Delhi yesterday, Tuki said the state was facing serious problems in getting Forest and Environment clearances, official sources said here today. Arunachal Pradesh has 40 per cent of the country’s total hydropower generation potential. Tuki requested the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to have a more positive role in hydropower development in the state.

Consistent effort put up by the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to make the State a front runner in spheres of development seems to bear fruit.

NTPC is awaiting nod from the Arunachal Pradesh government for its proposed Rs 1 lakh crore hydro power project, a top company official said Tuesday.

Itanagar: A farmer in Arunachal Pradesh who farms fish scientifically has become a source of inspiration for others. Nokkai Wangjen of Dasathong village in Kanubari circle of insurgency-hit Longding district has studied only up to six standard, but earns about Rs two lakh annually from fish farming which he started with an initial investment of Rs 80,000.

ITANAGAR: The Centre has granted an amount of Rs 40 crore under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojana (RKVY) to boost production in agriculture and allied sectors of the State.

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh has urged the centre for speedy commissioning of the 2000 mw Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project at Gerukamukh on Assam -Arunachal border saying agitation in Assam by some organisations over the proposed dam resulted in huge loss to national exchequer.

A delegation led by MP Takam Sanjoy submitted a memorandum to Union Power Minister Veerappa Moily yesterday at New Delhi and demanded early settlement of the stalemate on the dam issue in the state, official sources informed here today.

Itanagar: The National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has assured to provide fund to the Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resource and Development Agency (APBRDA) to boost the bamboo plantation of the State.

NBM deputy director general Kameshwar Ojha made this assurance when APBRDA vice chairman Yora Tagung called on him at New Delhi yesterday, official sources said here today.

ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government will chalk out mechanism to tap the massive potential of renewable energy in the State.

“Our hill locks, mountains and river banks has enormous potential for developing wind energy which if rightly harnessed can generate good revenue,” Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said while delivering a speech here on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas. Pasighat, Sela Pass in Tawang, Hawa Camp near Kimin were some potential areas where proposal for wind energy generation could be effectively worked out.