Since the launch of the Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan campaign on March 17 2021, the people of Arunachal Pradesh are continuously extending their support and more than 2,400 guns have been surrendered till date.

Itanagar Mar 28 PTI A graffiti artist who was among the two persons arrested in Arunachal Pradesh for allegedly defacing an artwork on the boundary wall of the civil secretariat has found support in a youth organisation that has threatened to block roads for an indefinite period in protestNilim Mahanta an artist-cum-activist was held in North Lakhimpur district in Assam while another person advocate E Mili was apprehended from Roing in Lower Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday nightThey have been accused of defacing a portion of a mural on the civil secretariat wall depicting art and culture of the tribal community by drawing a resistance logo on it and writing No More Dams with black paint the Capital Region Superintendent of Police in Arunachal Pradesh Jimmy Chiram saidA case under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 has been registered against them at the Itanagar police station the SP saidSeveral activists and locals had been opposing the Dibang multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh over issues ranging from displacement and deforestation to loss of community landTaking exception to the police action the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad AJYCP on Monday announced that it would stage an indefinite road blockade if Mahanta is not released within 12 hoursThis fascist government now fears everyone They fear democratic protests power of pen free speech and artists they are trying to suppress people due to that fear AJYCP General Secretary Palash Changmai said on his Facebook pageThe outfit held a protest against the arrest in North Lakhimpur town during the dayNilim has always raised his voice against any injustice through his paintings If he is not released within the next 12 hours we will start an indefinite road blockade against Arunachal Pradesh the outfits central committee assistant general secretary Saurav Das saidThe artists mother Swargojyoti Goswami told PTI that her son was invited to Itanagar a few days ago by the anti-dam activists of the Dibang Multipurpose Project which is a hydropower-cum-flood moderation scheme proposed on Dibang RiverNilim was paid an honorarium by the anti-big dam activists of Arunachal Pradesh for a wall painting We dont know what happened there but want our son home immediately she saidOpposition Raijor Dal president and Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi condemned the arrest of Mahanta by the Arunachal Pradesh governmentThe police action is undemocratic and fascist We demand that the artist be released and charges against him be removed he told reporters outside Assam AssemblyEchoing him Assam Jatiya Parishad president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said the action on the part of the Arunachal Pradesh Police was vindictive immoral and undemocraticPeople have the right to protest in a democracy and no power hungry government can snatch this right he added PTI UPL TR COR RMS RMS

Itanagar Mar 28 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Monday urged the North Eastern Regional Power Committee NERPC to carry out a feasibility study for the establishment of a 132 kv transmission line between Lumla in Tawang district of the state and 600 mw Kholongchu Hydro-Electric Power Station in BhutanAttending the 22nd meeting of NERPC at Guwahati in Assam Mein who also holds the power portfolio urged it to formulate a policy as per norms associated with international exchange of powerThe Kholongchu power station in Bhutan is about 40 km aerially from Lumla in Tawang Mein saidHe also urged the members of the regional committee to support this idea as it will improve the reliability of the grids of the two countries besides meeting the demand -- which is a huge concern as the upcoming 132 kv transmission line from Khuppi to Tawang would pass through the snow-clad Sela PassMein said that Arunachal Pradesh needs more inter-connections with the North Eastern Regional Grid The deputy chief minister also expressed his gratitude to the Union Power Ministry and NERPC for approving two inter-connection projects -- Chapakhowa-Roing 132 kv line and Kathalguri-Namsai 220 kv DC lineHe urged the Power Grid Corporation to find ways to complete the restoration of Pasighat-Roing 132 kv transmission line which was damaged along the Dotung river bank in Lower Dibang Valley in April 2020Mein said that the construction of 2000 mw Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project resumed in October 2019 by National Hydro Power Corporation NHPC and two of its unit with a capacity of 500 mw would become operational by August this yearThe deputy chief minister also urged the NHPC to ensure the completion of the entire project by August 2023 as per the scheduleThe meeting chaired by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio who is the chairman of NERPC was attended by power ministers from the Northeastern states power generation and distribution companies and senior officers of the power departments of the region PTI UPL SOM SOM

Itanagar Mar 28 PTI Two persons including a graffiti artist from Assam have been arrested for allegedly defacing an artwork on the boundary wall of the civil secretariat in Arunachal Pradesh a police officer said hereNilim Mahanta an artist-cum-activist was arrested from North Lakhimpur district in Assam while advocate E Mili was arrested from Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district on Sunday nightThey were arrested on charges of defacement of a public property here by writing anti-dam slogans Capital Superintendent of Police Jimmy Chiram saidBoth the accused have defaced portion of the mural depicting art and culture of the tribal community by writing No More Dams the SP saidA case under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 has been registered against them at the Itanagar police station the SP saidThe artwork-Wall of Harmony-was done on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of the stateMahanta was picked up from North Lakhimpur with the coordination of the Assam Police and there was no force involved as alleged by people of the neighbouring state the Arunachal Pradesh police officer saidActivists in the northeastern state are against the construction of big dams on grounds that they will flood fertile lands destroy flora and fauna and displace peopleCondemning the defacement of the mural a senior artist of the state said such an act cannot be toleratedThe hard work of the persons involved in drawing the mural was disrespected and this cannot be allowed he said PTI UPL MM MM MM

Itanagar Feb 22 PTI Arunachal Pradesh recorded more single-day COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases as 69 people recuperated from the disease while 34 fresh infections pushed the tally to 64313 a senior health department official said here on Tuesday A total of 63750 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far he said The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 296 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said Of the 34 fresh cases six each were reported from Lower Dibang Valley Longding and Namsai three each from Capital Complex Region Lower Subansiri and West Kameng two each from Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley and one each from Tawang Tirap and Upper Siang district respectively the official said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 267 active COVID-19 cases the official said The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9912 per cent from 9907 per cent the previous day The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 42 followed by West Kameng 33 Namsai 28 Tawang 26 and Dibang Valley 23 A total of 1260532 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 803 on Monday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further dipped to 423 per cent from 456 per cent the previous day State Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said 1627598 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Feb 20 PTI Twenty-six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the tally in the state to 64270 a senior health official said here on Sunday Of the 26 fresh cases 5 were registered at Lower Subansiri four each from West Kameng Namsai and Lohit two from Longding and one each from Anjaw Dibang Valley Kamle Leparada Lower Dibang Valley Tirap and Capital Complex Region the official said The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state remained at 296 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said As many as 63652 people have recuperated from the disease so far including 55 on Saturday the SSO said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 322 active COVID-19 cases the official said The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9904 per cent from 9899 per cent the previous day The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases at 59 followed by West Kameng 35 Tawang 32 Lower Subansiri 28 and Namsai 26 A total of 1259532 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 758 on Saturday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further dipped to 34 per cent from 561 per cent the previous day State Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said as many as 1623402 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Feb 18 PTI One more person succumbed to COVID-19 infection in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the death toll to 295 a senior health department official said here on FridayThe COVID-19 caseload in the frontier state rose to 64200 as 41 more people tested positive for the infection he saidA 35-year-old man from Lower Dibang Valley district died at a health facility on Thursday due to severe COVID-19 pneumonia State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa saidOf the 41 fresh coronavirus cases 16 were registered in Dibang Valley four each from the Capital Complex Region and Namsai three each from West Kameng and Upper Siang two each in Anjaw Lower Dibang Valley Tawang and Upper Subansiri while Lohit Lower Subansiri and Changlang district reported one case each he saidAs many as 63544 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far including 100 on Thursday the SSO saidArunachal Pradesh currently has 361 active COVID-19 cases the official saidThe COVID-19 recovery rate in the state marginally improved to 9898 per cent from 9888 per cent the previous dayThe Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 68 followed by Lower Subansiri 48 West Kameng 32 Dibang Valley 27 and Namsai 25A total of 1257991 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 956 on Thursday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further dipped to 428 per cent from 808 per cent the previous dayState Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said 1617503 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Jan 30 PTI Single-day recoveries continued to outnumber fresh COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh as 379 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours while 326 new infections were reported a health department official said on Sunday The fresh cases pushed the tally in the northeastern state to 61953 he said Altogether 58524 people have recovered from the disease so far State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said The COVID-19 recovery rate currently is 9446 per cent he said The COVID-19 death toll in the Northeastern state rose to 286 after a person succumbed to the infection on January 28 the SSO said A 78-year-old man from East Siang district died due to Cardio-pulmonary failure with Covid Pneumonia the official said Of the 326 new cases 132 were registered in the Capital Complex Region 36 in West Kameng 33 in Papumpare 21 in Lower Subansiri and 20 from East Siang district Two NDRF personnel were among the new patients he said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 3143 active COVID-19 cases The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 1338 followed by Lower Subansiri at 203 West Kameng at 175 Namsai at 148 and 143 each at Lower Dibang Valley and Papumpare districts respectively Over 1236 lakh samples have been tested for the infection in the state including 1276 on Saturday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio stood at 2554 per centState Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said 1574963 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines so far At least 46992 beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years have been vaccinated with the first dose and 16165 senior citizens have received the booster jab PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Jan 29 PTI Single-day recoveries outnumbered fresh COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh as 515 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours while 380 new infections were reported a health department official said on Saturday The fresh cases pushed the COVID-19 tally in the northeastern state to 61627 he said The state on Friday had registered 455 fresh infections Altogether 58145 people have recovered from the disease so far State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said The COVID-19 recovery rate currently is 9435 per cent he said The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 285 as no fresh fatality due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours the SSO said Of the 380 new cases 147 were registered in the Capital Complex Region 26 in Namsai Lower Subansiri 24 Lohit 20 Lower Dibang Valley 19 and East Kameng reported 15 fresh cases the official said Two personnel of NDRF and four officials of Border Roads Organisation BRO were among the new patients he said At least six inmates of the Central Jail here were also infected with the virus Jampa said Of the new cases 339 were detected through rapid antigen test 31 through RT-PCR process and 10 through TrueNAT methods Jampa said adding that 182 of them have developed Covid symptoms Arunachal Pradesh currently has 3197 active COVID-19 cases The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 1387 followed by Lower Subansiri 204 West Kameng 171 Lower Dibang Valley 164 Namsai 155 and East Siang 141 cases Over 1234 lakh samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far including 1562 on Friday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio stood at 2432 per cent State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said 1573267 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far At least 46837 beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years have been vaccinated with the first dose and 15555 senior citizens have received the booster jab PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Jan 26 PTI Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday reported 526 new COVID-19 cases 142 less than the previous day pushing the tally to 60598 a senior official said here The frontier state had recorded 668 cases on Tuesday the official said The COVID-19 death toll increased to 284 after one more person succumbed to the disease State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said Of the 526 new cases 225 were registered in the Capital Complex Region 42 in Lower Subansiri 38 in Namsai 36 in Lohit 30 in West Kameng and 28 in Lower Dibang Valley district Among the new cases 483 were detected through rapid antigen test 24 through RT-PCR process and 19 through TrueNAT method Jampa said adding that 278 of them have developed Covid symptoms Altogether 56851 people have recuperated from the disease including 375 on Tuesday the SSO said adding that the recovery rate in the northeastern state stood at 9382 per cent Arunachal Pradesh currently has 3463 active COVID-19 cases The northeastern state has been witnessing a spurt in coronavirus infections since January 4 with 5246 new cases reported so far The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 1409 followed by West Kameng at 231 Namsai at 224 Lower Dibang Valley 196 Papumpare 188 and Changlang at 182 cases A total of 1230582 samples have been tested in the state including 1759 on Tuesday the official said adding that the positivity ratio clocked 2990 per cent According to State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung as many as 1567529 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine thus far At least 45977 beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years have been vaccinated with the first dose and 14065 senior citizens have received the booster jab PTI UPL RG RG