Tawang, Apr 6: Secretary, North Eastern Council (NEC)  K Moses Chalai arrived at Tawang on a two day official visit to see the overall progress of developmental projects under NEC in the district.
Interacting with officers Friday morning, Moses asked them to make best utilisation of modern technologies in any field for better and quality production. He asked to explore more scope to hold tourists in Tawang. Discussing about the traditional source of livelihood of Monpas like agriculture, horticulture and yak rearing, he asked the department concerned to take assistance and guidance from institutes like NESAC. He congratulated the district administration for recieving national awards for its public service delivery with special reference to the services being provided to remote villages through Sarkar Apke Dwar now Seva Apke Dwar 2.0.
Earlier DC Tawang Kesang Ngurup Damo in his welcome address gave detailed information about Tawang, its historical background, geography, flora & fauna and major activities of the district administration. The DC informed about the initiatives being taken to promote tourist spots towards Jemeithang and the eastern side of Tawang which includes hot water spring and holy waterfall which in turn will increase  footfall of tourist to Tawang. DC suggested that tourists visiting Tawang should undergo one day, two nights acclimatisation to avoid high altitude related health complications before proceeding to forward area tourist spots in high altitudes.
Participating in discussion DHO,Tawang Saifur Rahman informed that climatic conditionof Tawang is conducive for off season vegetables specially broccoli and there is need to encourage farmers and link corporate sectors for its commercialisation.
Besides this, kiwi can be second option as commercial fruit for increasing farmers income, he added.
Yak population in the district is around16800 but due to pastoral land being used for security purposes, the number of Yak rearing family is decreasing, informed SVO Tsering Drema.
Later the Secretary accompanied by concern officers from executing departments visited Tawang monastery and inspected project site Tawang festival ground and its components.

---

Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
Phone: 0360-2212313

<< Back to News List