Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Arunachal Pradesh to launch ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo on April 10.

The Union Home Minister
Amit Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh on April 10-11, 2023, stated an official
press release.
This comes after the
recent announcement of the renaming of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh by China.
According to the
release, on the first day of the Union Minister's visit, he will launch the
‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo, a border village in Anjaw district of
Arunachal Pradesh on April 10, 2023.
The Government of India
has approved the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ (VVP) by allocating a fund of
Rs.4800 crore including Rs.2500 crore for the Financial Years 2022-23 to
2025-26 for road connectivity.
VVP is a centrally
sponsored scheme under which 2967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts
abutting the northern border in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim,
Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh and UT of Ladakh have been identified for
comprehensive development.
In the first phase, 662
villages have been identified for priority on coverage, which includes 455
villages in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Vibrant Villages
Programme claims to improve the quality of life of people living in identified
border villages and encourage people to stay in their native locations thereby
reversing the outmigration from these villages and adding to the security of
the border.
The District
Administration with the help of appropriate mechanisms at block and panchayat
level will prepare Action Plans for identified village to ensure 100%
saturation of central and state schemes.
The focus areas of
interventions identified for development of villages include road connectivity,
drinking water, electricity including solar and wind energy, mobile and
internet connectivity, tourist centers, multi-purpose centers and healthcare
infrastructure and wellness centers.
Secondly, on the same
day, the Union Minister will inaugurate nine Micro Hydel Projects of Arunachal
Pradesh government constructed under the “Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme”
in Kibithoo.
These electricity
projects claim to empower people living in border villages.
Shah will then
inaugurate Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) projects to augment infrastructure
at Likabali (Arunachal Pradesh), Chapra (Bihar), Nooranad (Kerala) and
Vishakapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
According to the
release, Union Home Minister will later interact with ITBP personnel at
Kibithoo.
An exhibition of the
products made by women members of Self-Help Groups of border districts will
also be organized.
Shah will is expected to
visit these exhibition stalls to acquaint with and appreciate the efforts of
women of border villages.
And on April 11, 2023,
the next day, the Union Home Minister who is also the Minister of Cooperation
will visit Namti field and pay homage at the Walong War Memorial.
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