First Bamboo Industrial Park at Manderdisa in Assam to be completed by March 2021

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New Delhi : Altogether 211 projects costing Rs 3,124.72 crore have been implemented under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)/NLCPR/Special packages/SIDF/HADP by the Ministry in North Eastern Region (NER). The Government of India had approved North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme to meet the gaps in social & physical infrastructure in NER in December 2017.

In-principle approval has been accorded for First Bamboo Industrial Park to be set up in North East Region. It will be established at Manderdisa in Dima Hasao District of Assam in an area of 75 hectare at a cost of Rs 50 crore. This project is targeted to be completed by March 2021. Nine meetings of IMC/NESIDS Committee held during the current calendar year for consideration of projects proposals received from NE States under NLCPR/NESIDS/Special Packages/SIDF.

The 68^th Plenary of the North Eastern Council (NEC) was held on September 8 & 9, 2019 at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Assam.  During the course of the Plenary, many important decisions were taken on board in consultation with 8 states of the North East.  At the Plenary, the Home Minister and Chairman, NEC, suggested allocating thirty percent of the NEC’s allocation for new projects under the existing “Schemes of North Eastern Council” for focused development of deprived areas; deprived/neglected sections of society and emerging priority sectors and related issues.

Destination North East, the event promoting and popularizing the North Eastern Region, culture, heritage and business opportunities was organised at Varanasi from November 23-26, 2019.  The four-day event showcased the 8 sister states of Northeast India. There was representation from all the states and also from Central Government agencies.  The event was inaugurated by the Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, in the presence of senior officers of MDoNER and NEC. The Prime Minister on March 6, 2019, at Gulbarga, Karnataka inaugurated the Girls’ Hostel for the students of the North Eastern Region at Bangalore University.

Construction of a hostel for the North East Students at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi: The cost of the project is Rs 28.675 crore of which the NEC released a total of Rs 11.01 crore. The project has commenced on ground and the present progress is approximately 10%.  The project is likely to be completed by December, 2020, according to a PIB release.

Purchasing of land for “Construction of Hostel for the students of North East States” at Rohini, Delhi: A sum of Rs 2.50 crore for purchasing of land measuring 1990 Sqm for construction of a hostel for the NE students at Rohini, New Delhi, was sanctioned. The land possession certificate from the DDA, Delhi, has been received.

Establishment of the NEC Convention Centre at Dwarka: The Government, through NEC, proposes to set up the NEC Convention Centre at Sector 13, Dwarka, New Delhi. The Centre would have an auditorium of 1000 seating capacity with banquet hall, exhibition space, museum, library, food court, office space, car parking space and provisions for eight guest rooms and three staff quarters. The DDA has allotted land measuring 5341.75 Sqm.

NORTH EASTERN STATE ROAD INVESTMENT PROGRAMME (NESRIP) (Renamed as NE Road Sector Development Scheme – EAP) : Twelve projects of upgradation of National Highways in 7 states of North East having total length of 432.2 km at an estimated cost of Rs 2,144.56 crore is under progress with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and during this year all the projects have made a very good progress.

North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) : NERLP, a World Bank aided project launched in 2012, was implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), to improve rural livelihoods. The project covered 1,645 villages under 58 development blocks across 11 districts of 4 states of Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The Project concluded on September 30, 2019, and is running on an extended time up to December 31, 2019, for completion of closure related activities, mainly audit of the scheme.