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DoNER
Ministry sanctions Rs 84 crore for Mizoram
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER) has sanctioned Rs 67.67 crore to upgrade 43.5 kms of the
Mizoram portion of the Thanlon-Singhat (Ngopa – Tuibai) Road. Bijoy
Krishna Handique, Minister of Mines & DoNER, has approved the sanction
of the project pursuant to the recommendation of the Expenditure Finance
Committee Meeting held on July 26, 2010, which was chaired by Secretary (DoNER).
The expenditure for the project would be met from the Plan Funds of the
North Eastern Council to the extent of 90 per cent of the approved cost. The
project will be implemented by the Public Works Department of the Government
of Mizoram. The target date of completion of the project is March, 2013. The
Ministry of DoNER has also sanctioned the construction of a State Sports
Academy at Zabowk in Mizoram. In its meeting held recently, the NLCPR (Non
Lapsable Central Pool of Resources) Committee of the Ministry approved the
project at a total cost of Rs 17.51 Crores. The funds towards this will be
met from the NLCPR Fund administered by the Ministry. The proposed academy
will have a range of state of art facilities for both indoor and outdoor
games along with accommodation facilities including Boys and Girls’
Hostels, Guest House, Administrative buildings, etc. Handique said that
augmenting sports infrastructure in the region was one of the prerogatives
of the Ministry in accordance with the recent initiatives mooted by him for
Youth Promotion and Welfare in the region.
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