PC advisor to review projects in Ap

Itanagar, Nov 12: Planning Commission (PC) senior advisor (NE) Jayati Chandra arrived here yesterday on a five-day tour to assess and study the ongoing major schemes in Arunachal Pradesh.

Accompanied by PC's director (state-plan NE) S N Brahmo Chaudhary, the advisor held a meeting with the chief engineers of work departments besides Arunachal's secretary planning P S Lokande and director (state plan) C L Tungkhang at Raj Bhawan to discuss the details about the ongoing projects in the state, informed official sources here today.

Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu along with his cabinet colleagues received the senior advisor at Raj Bhawan helipad in the afternoon.

Ms Chandra would visit Tezu, Hayuliang, Kibitho and Pasighat today and visit Chowkham and Mechuka tomorrow, sources informed and added that on November 14 she would go to Tawang to oversee the progress of works of the ongoing schemes before leaving for New Delhi the next day.

UNI