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Advani announces Rs 250 cr assistance for Arunachal
Itanagar, Nov 15: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said India`s relations with China have progressed well which has had a direct and positive impact on ArunachalPradesh for which he announced development assistance of Rs 250 crore.
Itanagar, Nov 15: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said India`s relations with China have progressed well which has had a direct and positive impact on Arunachal
Pradesh for which he announced development assistance of Rs 250 crore.
"Problem arose in 1962 (when the Sino-Indian conflict took place) but after Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited China, our relations have improved substantially," he told a public meeting here.
Advani, who arrived here on a two-day visit yesterday, said "the progress in Sino-Indian relations in the recent past has had a direct and positive specifically on Arunachal Pradesh".
Though India`s ties with its "western neighbour" (Pakistan) have not shown much improvement as it continues to encourage cross-border terrorism, relations with Beijing have improved considerably, he said.
During the course of his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister also announced central financial assistance of Rs 250 crore for development projects in the state and also promised to speak to Finance Minsiter Jaswant Singh for converting a loan of Rs 200 crore into a grant to help the state come out of financial crisis.
Advani also announced that work on providing mobile telephone service to all districts of Arunachal Pradesh would be completed by December end.
Advani stressed the need for changing the mindset among the policy planners about the security requirements saying "we have to provide roads, mobile services and Internet especially to people living in remote and far-flung areas so as to ensure that the fruits of development reaches them".
"If any north eastern state can be called violence free, it is Arunachal Pradesh. But two of its districts (Tirap and Changlang) cannot be described as violence free,” he said and hinted that the problem in these two districts was primarily due to Naga insurgency.
He said efforts should be made to see that youths do not get swayed into the vortex of violence and militancy.
Asserting that in Jammu and Kashmir, local people did not approve of militancy as it affected their economy and daily life, the DPM said, "our neighbour continue to provoke proxy war".
He said in September alone, terrorists have made as many as 28 attempts to infiltrate from Pakistani side and have been thwarted by the valiant Indian forces. Over 200 terrorists were killed in September alone, he said.
Bureau Report
Advani, who arrived here on a two-day visit yesterday, said "the progress in Sino-Indian relations in the recent past has had a direct and positive specifically on Arunachal Pradesh".
Though India`s ties with its "western neighbour" (Pakistan) have not shown much improvement as it continues to encourage cross-border terrorism, relations with Beijing have improved considerably, he said.
During the course of his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister also announced central financial assistance of Rs 250 crore for development projects in the state and also promised to speak to Finance Minsiter Jaswant Singh for converting a loan of Rs 200 crore into a grant to help the state come out of financial crisis.
Advani also announced that work on providing mobile telephone service to all districts of Arunachal Pradesh would be completed by December end.
Advani stressed the need for changing the mindset among the policy planners about the security requirements saying "we have to provide roads, mobile services and Internet especially to people living in remote and far-flung areas so as to ensure that the fruits of development reaches them".
"If any north eastern state can be called violence free, it is Arunachal Pradesh. But two of its districts (Tirap and Changlang) cannot be described as violence free,” he said and hinted that the problem in these two districts was primarily due to Naga insurgency.
He said efforts should be made to see that youths do not get swayed into the vortex of violence and militancy.
Asserting that in Jammu and Kashmir, local people did not approve of militancy as it affected their economy and daily life, the DPM said, "our neighbour continue to provoke proxy war".
He said in September alone, terrorists have made as many as 28 attempts to infiltrate from Pakistani side and have been thwarted by the valiant Indian forces. Over 200 terrorists were killed in September alone, he said.
Bureau Report