31 Central projects under implementation in NE
AS many as 31 Central sector projects worth Rs 13,364 crore are currently under implementation in the North East. Out of 31 projects, 17 were located in Assam itself with an estimated cost of Rs 7610 crore. The cost overrun in projects is due to inadequate funding, delay in land acquisition, law and order problems, general escalation in cost. According to the analysis carried out by the Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry, the cost overrun in project even with respect to the original approved cost had come down from 62 per cent in March 1991, to 22 per cent in March 2003. As a result of this indirect dissavings of more than Rs 1,20,000 crore has been avoided.

Agartala Municipal Council to be expanded soon
The 132 year-old Agartala Municipal Council will be expanded when 25 more gram panchayats in the outskirts of the capital will be added to it. The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar took the decision recently.

Kukis urged PM to restore peace in Assam’s Karbi Anglong
Manipur-based Kuki Movement For Human Rights (KMFHR) has urged Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to intervene and stop unabated killings of innocent Kukis and Karbis in Karbi Anglong district of Assam. In a memorandum to the Prime Minister on December 5, the KMFHR said the killings and razing of houses of Kukis and Karbis were outcome of rivalry between two extremists groups Kuki revolutionary Army and United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS anti-talk faction). The KMFHR memo claimed that so far 25 Kukis including students had been killed in the recent weeks and urged the Prime Minister to immediately intervene and stop the ‘massacre’ of innocent civilians.

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