{"id":5134,"date":"2019-08-22T07:33:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T07:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2019-08-22T07:33:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T07:33:43","slug":"nagaland-cm-meets-doner-minister-discusses-kohima-airport-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nagaland-cm-meets-doner-minister-discusses-kohima-airport-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagaland CM meets DoNER Minister, discusses Kohima airport project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nagaland Chief Minister, Shri Neiphiu Rio along with a delegation of senior officers, met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed with him the proposal for setting up an airport at &#8220;Ciethu&#8221; in the capital city of Kohima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Jitendra Singh conveyed to the Chief Minister that the\nproposal to set up an airport at Kohima is being pursued seriously by the DoNER\nMinistry and after an appropriate site was identified by the State Government,\na technical feasibility report was also prepared by the Airport Authority of\nIndia which was favorable for an all-weather airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Minister conveyed to the DoNER Minister that the\ntotal estimated cost to set up an airport could be around Rs. 6,000 crore and\nrequested that a part of it could be funded by the Ministry of Development of\nNorth Eastern Region (DoNER) or the North-Eastern Council (NEC). The DoNER\nMinister informed the Chief Minister that a proposal has been sent by his\nMinistry for sanction of Rs. 1,000 crore towards the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Jitendra Singh conveyed that Prime Minister Shri Narendra\nModi has high prioritization of all the eight North Eastern States,\nparticularly the far-flung ones like Nagaland. He said, under the directions of\nthe Prime Minister, all the development projects of NE are put on a fast-track\nand a follow-up is done on a regular basis to complete these projects within\nthe stipulated timeline.\n\nDr Jitendra Singh also conveyed keen desire of\nthe Centre Government to ensure equitable development of Nagaland and at the\nsame time, find a lasting end to insurgency-related incidents.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nagaland Chief Minister, Shri Neiphiu Rio along with a delegation of senior officers, met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed with him the proposal for setting up an airport at &#8220;Ciethu&#8221; in the 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