{"id":60050,"date":"2025-02-21T05:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60050"},"modified":"2025-02-21T05:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:16:31","slug":"arunachal-frontier-highway-to-be-a-game-changer-for-border-areas-rijiju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/arunachal-frontier-highway-to-be-a-game-changer-for-border-areas-rijiju\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal Frontier Highway to Be a Game Changer for Border Areas: Rijiju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"367\">Union Minister <strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"109\">Kiren Rijiju<\/strong> on Thursday hailed the <strong data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"163\">Arunachal Frontier Highway<\/strong> as a \u201c<strong data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"186\">game changer<\/strong>\u201d for the state\u2019s border areas, announcing that <strong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"253\">Rs 42,000 crore<\/strong> will be invested in the project, marking the <strong data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"366\">highest allocation ever made by the Centre for a single project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"690\">Speaking at the <strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"420\">39th Statehood Day celebrations<\/strong> in Arunachal Pradesh, Rijiju emphasized that the <strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"514\">1,400 km long Arunachal Frontier Highway<\/strong> will transform the region by connecting <strong data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"602\">12 districts along the India-China boundary<\/strong>, including <strong data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"624\">Tawang<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"634\">Mago<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"655\">Upper Subansiri<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"668\">Mechuka<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"688\">Vijaynagar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"863\">The project, which will feature an <strong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"756\">800 km greenfield section<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"788\">new tunnels and bridges<\/strong>, aims to significantly boost infrastructure and connectivity in the state.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1274\"><strong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"903\">Governor Lt Gen (Retd) K T Parnaik<\/strong> also addressed the event, acknowledging the <strong data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"971\">state\u2019s development<\/strong> and reaffirming the government\u2019s commitment to <strong data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1046\">boosting infrastructure<\/strong>. Parnaik highlighted the importance of education, cleanliness, and addressing the growing <strong data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1152\">drug menace<\/strong> in the state. He urged the community to take responsibility for maintaining <strong data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1240\">hygiene<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1273\">environmental management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1723\">At the event, <strong data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1320\">Chief Minister Pema Khandu<\/strong> discussed the newly framed rules under the <strong data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1417\">Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA)<\/strong>, clarifying that the rules are meant to <strong data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1503\">safeguard indigenous cultures and beliefs<\/strong>, not target any specific religious group. He also announced that the state is expected to <strong data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1640\">generate annual revenue of Rs 10,000 crore<\/strong> from <strong data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1660\">free power<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1700\">equity shares in power projects<\/strong> in the next ten years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1913\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With this ambitious project and focused efforts on <strong data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1794\">infrastructure<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1809\">education<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1832\">social issues<\/strong>, the state is poised for significant growth and development in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday hailed the Arunachal Frontier Highway as a \u201cgame changer\u201d for the state\u2019s border areas, announcing that Rs 42,000 crore will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60050","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60052,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050\/revisions\/60052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}