[Assam] [NorthEastIndia] Lack of experts hits DoNER projects

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Hi partha
   
  I am going to mail a letter to Shri P. R. Kyndiah, Minister to his below Official Address. We all must write letter to the minister concerned for the development of our region and put various suggestions etc. Also i will email to all the officials concerned.
   
  Shri P. R. Kyndiah
  750, A-Wing, 7th Floor,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110 001 

   
  Thanks
   
  Prdaip Kumar Datta
  www.silchartoday.com
  
Partha Gogoi <partha_gogoi at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Pradip,
This is pathetic. How about offering "volunteer" help from our side? We can write to Secretary
of DONER at secydoner at nic.in. Her name is Mrs. Gauri Chatterji. 
here is the entire list of contacts

http://northeast.nic.in/index2.asp?sid=100

The ‘Technical Cell’ (comprising one Superintendent Engineer, two Executive Engineers,
four assistant Executive Engineers, three personal assistants, one upper Division clerk and two
peons) is going to a "coterie" at best - imagine fatso pushing files. 


Partha

--- Pradip Kumar Datta 
wrote:

> Lack of experts hits DoNER projects
> From Our Staff Correspondent
> NEW DELHI, March 13 – Ministry Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) has albeit candidly,
> conceded that lack of in-house technical expertise has hampered in vetting Detailed Project
> Reports (DPRs). In a Rajya Sabha reply to a question by Syeda Anowara Taimur, Minister of DoNER
> PR Kyndiah denying that his Ministry has failed to cope with the pressure to examine the DPRs,
> said that they were examined by the Ministry in consultation with the expertise available in the
> concerned Ministries of Government of India.
> 
> There is no technical manpower in the DoNER. The Ministry has moved a proposal for creation of a
> small unit of ‘Technical Cell’ comprising one Superintendent Engineer, two Executive Engineers,
> four assistant Executive Engineers, three personal assistants, one upper Division clerk and two
> peons. The proposal has not been cleared by the Ministry of Finance as of now, Kyndiah said. 
> 
> Significantly, an example of the absence of the technical manpower was the up grade of
> Imphal-based Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). The Project has suffered because of
> delays in preparation and processing of the DPR. The Project was cleared under the Prime
> Minister’s package.
> 
> The Planning Commission had convened a meeting and it was agreed that a comprehensive DPR be
> prepared. The Commission has since accorded ‘in principle’ approval in February, Kyndiah said. 
> 
> Meanwhile, the Minister claimed that 759 projects at an approved cost of Rs. 5,096.98 crore have
> been sanctioned up to February under Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) for the
> North Eastern Region. Out of total 759 projects 234 projects have been sanctioned for Asom, the
> Minister said.
> 
> Meanwhile, the Ministry’s response to the demand to channelise funds to the North Eastern
> Council (NEC) exclusively for wood and bamboo based industries has been lukewarm.
> 
> The Federation of North Eastern Wood Based Industries had petitioned the Ministry to earmark Rs
> 300 crore for the NEC. They also called for extension of certain benefits like provision of
> funds for machineries for conversion of bamboo into wood, working capital.
> 
> The Minister said that generally, fund was not allocated to the NEC under its annual plans for
> specific schemes. The NEC has, however, supported a few industrial units for substituting wood
> by bamboo.
> 
> 

Partha Gogoi
Fairfax, VA
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