The VVP is a centrally sponsored scheme underneath which 2,967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts abutting the northern border within the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Ladakh have been recognized for complete improvement.
In the primary part, 662 villages, together with 455 in Andhra Pradesh, have been recognized for precedence protection.
The VVP will assist in bettering the standard of life of individuals residing in recognized border villages and encourage folks to keep at their native places, thereby reversing the outmigration from these villages and including to the safety of the border, the assertion mentioned.
The district administration, with the assistance of applicable mechanisms at block and panchayat ranges, will put together motion plans for the recognized villages to guarantee 100 per cent saturation of central and state schemes. The focus areas of interventions recognized for the event of villages embody highway connectivity, ingesting water, electrical energy together with photo voltaic and wind vitality, cellular and web connectivity, vacationer centres, multi-purpose centres and healthcare infrastructure and wellness centres.
Shah, in his first visit to Arunachal Pradesh as house minister, will on April 10 inaugurate 9 micro hydel initiatives of the state authorities constructed underneath the “Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme” in Kibithoo. These electrical energy initiatives will empower folks residing in border villages, the assertion mentioned.
He may even inaugurate Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) initiatives to increase infrastructure at Likabali (Arunachal Pradesh), Chapra (Bihar), Nooranad (Kerala) and Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), it mentioned. The house minister may even work together with ITBP personnel at Kibithoo in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh.
An exhibition of merchandise made by members of girls self-help teams of border districts may even be held. Shah will visit the exhibition stalls, the assertion mentioned.
On April 11, he’ll visit Namti area and pay homage on the Walong conflict memorial, it mentioned.