Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday, reacting to the Tawang face-off, said that India's soldiers would give a befitting reply to anyone who "tries to transgress" the Line of Actual Control.
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday presented Jikhe Pulye, a special type of shawl woven by tribal women.
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday called on Governor BD Mishra at Raj Bhavan, Itanagar for a meeting.
Itanagar Dec 24 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday reviewed the pandemic situation in the state amid the threat of the omicron variantThe need for strict health surveillance and response preparedness were discussed in detail at the meeting officials saidKhandu instructed the government departments especially Health to continue to be alert attentive and responsive to all the challenges coming forthHe urged the people to follow COVID guidelines during the Christmas and New Year festivitiesI urge the people to steadfastly maintain COVID appropriate behaviour Stay masked avoid crowds prefer open spaces maintain hand and respiratory hygiene and get vaccinated he saidArunachal Pradesh is doing well so far The number of active cases as on today is 18 with only two patients hospitalised No COVID death has been recorded since October 8 he addedThe Health Department informed the chief minister that the state at present has 1000 oxygen beds and 60 ICU bedsAnother 94 ICU beds would be added in the coming year while 150 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit PICU beds would also be made available it told KhanduForty-six oxygen PSA plants have been installed in the state and these cover all the district hospitals it addedSenior state government officials including those of the Health Department were present in the meeting PTI UPL SOM SOM
Itanagar Nov 25 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday called upon the deputy commissioners of the state to take ownership of all developmental projects in their respective districts and ensure their timely completion with judicial use of funds and official statement here said Chairing the monthly review meeting on a virtual platform Khandu gave examples of two road projects in East Kameng district that have been lying half-finished for decades and said it was the responsibility of the DCs to make sure that work was undertaken in full swing The 81-km Seppa-Chayang Tajo road and another 13-Km Pakke-Bameng stretch in East Kameng are yet to be completed amid various controversies causing immeasurable hardship to local residents Had the district administration taken ownership of the roads the scenario would have been much different he pointed out Khandu further said that a government can approve and sanction funds for a project but the deputy commissioners must take them to a logical conclusion According to the official statement issued by the chief ministers office Khandu directed the DCs to make a list of the ongoing projects in their respective districts and monitor them from time to time Make surprise visits Go to the ground Monitor at every stage All things will fall in line he suggested during the meeting The CM urged the district officials to create Twitter handles and upload details of the work in progress I want to see the deputy commissioners working Keep everybody updated about the progress of projects under your supervision he added Five important projects and schemes were reviewed during the meeting including Subansiri Lower hydro-electric project by NHPC the statement added PTI UPL RMS RMS
Itanagar Oct 22 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Friday hailed healthcare workers for contributing in the successful vaccination of 100 crore people against Covid across the country Khandu along with Lok Sabha MP from Bangalore South Tejaswi Surya visited Khandro Drowa Sangmo KDS district hospital at Tawang in appreciation of the country having reached the landmark of administering 100 crore jabs You have implemented on the ground what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had envisioned and motivated Without your sincerity and dedication to the call of duty this mission wouldnt have been possible Khandu said while interacting with the healthcare workers an official communiqu said here The chief minister expressed hope that COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to children very soon Tejaswi Surya who is also the president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJYM too expressed gratitude to all healthcare workers for achieving the unthinkable feat in Indias fight against the dreaded virus In less than nine months time we came up with two made-in-India vaccines against Covid and in the shortest possible time we have inoculated the highest number of people ever in the history of mankind the BJP MP said On Thursday WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated PM Modi the countrys scientists health workers and citizens for equitable vaccine distribution as the total number of doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore mark India took 279 days to achieve the milestone Hailing Arunachal Pradesh for being one of the best performing states in the country despite its difficult geographic location and remoteness Surya said The PM shared pictures of healthcare workers on motorcycleson foot crossing rivers trekking for hours under harsh weather conditions even just to vaccinate a single person Arunachal Pradesh and the Northeast have a major role in achieving this stupendous feat of vaccinating 100 crore people Commemorating the achievement healthcare wokers were felicitated Both Khandu and Surya also lit candles as a mark of appreciation for the efforts of all healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 A total of 1276167 people have been inoculated in the state thus far State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said earlier in the day PTI UPL MM MM
To mark the launch Khandu bestowed an in-village component of water supply assets to the Village Water and Sanitation Committee VWSC of Ganga village in Papum Pare districtSimultaneously at the district levels the District Water and Sanitation Mission DWSM chairpersons bestowed the in-village components of water supply scheme to VWSCs in their respective districtsThe programme will include source sustainability measures as mandatory elements such as recharge and reuse through grey water management water conservation rain water harvestingThe BESTOW campaign aims at maximizing the process of handing over of in-village water supply components one of the end products of JJMThe campaign aims to achieve certain milestones on weekly basis to make water supply assets eligible for handing over to village communities
It was this pandemic that enabled us to right the wrong and revamp the health sector in the last one and half years that we couldnt do in decades the chief minister saidBeing the chief minister even I was not aware of the status of our health facilities especially at the ground levelDue to the pandemic we repeated reviews consultations and meetings at all levels which subsequently revealed the poor condition of our health infrastructureTherefore we decided that the proposed 200 bedded multi-specialty hospital should be established as part of the R K Mission Hospital Khandu saidThe chief minister requested the management to set a target of two years for completion of the project so that it can start serving people at the earliest
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