Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday (November 13) declared that the road connecting remote Pipsorang to Tali in Kra Daadi district will be accessible by motor vehicles by Independence Day next year. A 55-kilometer road construction project from Tali to Pipsorang, an administrative unit, is currently underway.
“The national Tricolour will be unfurled by local legislator Jikke Tako at Pipsorang on Independence Day next year and he will come by road,” Khandu said.
Enhancing accessibility to Tali
There was no accessible road to reach Tali from Itanagar, and in 2017, Khandu pledged that his next visit to Tali would be by road. On February 27, he fulfilled this commitment by arriving in Tali by road to partake in Nyokum, a festival of the Nyishi tribe.
Accompanied by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, and others, Khandu arrived in Pipsorang via helicopter. Notably, this marks the first visit by any chief minister to the area.
During his address to the villagers, Khandu commended the sincere efforts of local BJP MLA Jikke Tako, a first-timer, in driving development in his remote constituency.
“I have seen him always talking passionately about his constituency… His sincere efforts are now bearing fruit. Tali today is connected by an all-weather road. There is regular electricity and water supply. And the road to Pipsorang is progressing satisfactorily,” an official release quoted the chief minister as saying.
‘Back to Tali’
Khandu commended Tako’s initiative of ‘Back to Tali,’ encouraging those who had migrated from his constituency and settled in places like the state capital and other district headquarters to return.
The chief minister expressed confidence that with proper road connectivity and essential amenities such as healthcare, education, and administration now in place, people would undoubtedly return.
Inaugurating the upgraded Pipsorang SDO headquarters, which has its administrative circle headquarters at Kolang, Khandu pledged Rs 30 crore for the development of necessary infrastructure. Additionally, he officially launched a piped water scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission at Pipsorang.
(With inputs from PTI)