SHONAAM TABRI DADA

SHONAAM  TABRI DADA ITANAGAR, Apr 17: Along with various other parts of the country, the post- demonetization  scenario has revisited the Capital Complex and adjoining areas with ATMs, primarily those of SBI, going ‘cashless’ to compound the misery of the people. ATMs in Itanagar, Naharlagun, NERIST and Doimukh have rarely dispensed cash for a month despite claims by officials that there is no cash crunch in the State and elsewhere in the country. People waiting at ATM for cash to be deposited by the bank officials . Amid speculations that political parties running the governments are stashing money with the 2019 LokSabha polls in mind, bank officials have blamed the crisis on non-availability of cash with the Reserve Bank of India. “RBI has not yet released the volume of cash needed, and as a result subordinate banks are finding it hard to refill the ATMs at Ganga, Doimukh, Naharlagun and Nirjuli,” Tarun Kumar Boro, SBI’s Chief Manager (Compliance an...

STAFF REPORTER ITANAGAR, Apr 12: The opposition Congress knows it will fail in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. This is the reason why the party is disrupting the Budget session of the Parliament where various bills for the poor and need were to have been placed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, State BJP President Tapir Gao said on Thursday. BJP leaders and workers observed a day-long fast at the IG Park tennis court here to protest the “undemocratic” actions of the Congress leading to the disruption of the Budget session of Parliament on Tuesday. “ Mobilising other parties to join the disruptive act is a sign of failure,” Gao said at the fasting venue, advising the Congress to decide on a prime minister candidate first. “ Though we are more in number in the Parliament, we are respecting democracy by following the guidelines of the House. Disruption of the session by the opposition party is shameful. Parliament is an institution where everyone has the right to discuss and de...

Shonaam TABRI DADA CHANGLANG, Apr 13: Six days after The Arunachal Pioneer highlighted the acute scarcity of water, the Changlang district headquarters continues to b e thirsty with the district administration and PHE seemingly unmoved. PIC: Ravi Kumar On Thursday, local MLA Tesam Pongte attributed the drinking water scarcity to an unfinished water treatment plant (WTP) as well as the damage to the pipelines after a bridge collapsed. Work on the WTP is is progress, and the water problem will be solved in a couple of days, he said. The district has always had water problem since its creation in the 1970s. “WTP will reduce the crisis to a great extent,” Pongte said, urging the people to be wary of water-borne diseases with the monsoon approaching. “ I have asked Chief Minister Pema Khandu to visit Changlang by May for the inauguration of various completed projects. I am committed to improving education, road, agriculture and generating employment for my people,” ...