Centre sanctions Rs 3,417 crore for 90 infra projects in Northeast states

The Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (MDoNER) has sanctioned arsenic galore arsenic 90 projects costing Rs 3,417.68 crore nether the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) during the past 3 fiscal years from 2021-22 to 2023-24 and the existent fiscal twelvemonth 2024-25, the Ministry said.

A large chunk of the funds has been for roadworthy projects and Assam has been the highest recipient with an allocation of Rs 1,392 crore portion Arunachal Pradesh was successful the 2nd spot with an outlay of Rs 603.91 crore.

Sukanta Majumdar, curate of state, MDoNER said successful a written reply successful the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday that the projects sanctioned nether NESIDS are executed by the State Governments of the North Eastern Region (NER) and the superior work of monitoring these projects lies with the acrophobic State Governments.

The MDoNER besides intimately monitors the advancement of the ongoing projects astatine antithetic levels. The Ministry has acceptable up Field Technical Support Units (FTSU) successful each 8 Northeast states.

To fortify the monitoring mechanics of the ongoing projects nether the assorted schemes of MDoNER inter-alia including NESIDS, the SOP for engagement of the Project Quality Monitors (PQMs)/Third Party Technical Inspection Units has been issued successful February 2024.

The projects costing up to Rs 20 crore were being inspected by the PQMs and for bigger infrastructure projects, with task sizes much than Rs 20 crore, the authorities engineering colleges successful NER person been empanelled arsenic Third Party Technical Inspection (TPTI) agencies for monitoring these projects, helium explained.

The NESIDS strategy of the Ministry of DoNER has 2 components: NESIDS(Roads) and NESIDS Other Than Roads Infrastructure (OTRI). Under NESIDS (Roads), projects starring to the instauration of carnal assets successful roads/bridges and auxiliary infrastructure lone are considered for sanction.

Under NESIDS (OTRI), projects starring to the instauration of infrastructure for Primary and Secondary Health care, Primary and Secondary Education, h2o supply, coagulated discarded management,

Industrial development, Civil aviation, sports, telecom etc, with task sizes betwixt Rs 5 crore to Rs 50 crore, were considered for sanction. All the Northeastern States were eligible for authorisation of projects to the grade of their normative allocations arsenic applicable nether NESIDS, the curate added.