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Dibrugarh, Assam [India], April 10 : Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Dibrugarh on April 11, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma arrived in the town to take stock of the preparations.According to party leaders, the Home Minister will address a public meeting at Mancotta Sports Ground in Dibrugarh on Tuesday followed by laying the foundation stone for the BJP party office in Dibrugarh on Tuesday.The official Twitter handle of the Assam CM Tweeted, "Tomorrow Hon'ble Home Minister Shri @AmitShahji will address a public meeting in Dibrugarh. Chief Minister Shri @himantabiswaji, @BJP4AssamState President Shri @Bhabesh_KalitaRji and MLA @tarangagogoi inspected the meeting place today".State BJP ministers and MLAs along with Assam Police DGP, GP Singh, accomped the chief minister.Meanwhile, Amit Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh today where he will be attending various events and will be interacting with ITBP personnel in Kibithoo. Shah will launch the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) in Kibithoo, a border village in Arunachal Pradesh.Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India has approved the VVP with central components of Rs 4,800 crore including Rs 2,500 crore exclusively for road connectivity for the Financial Years 2022-23 to 2025-26.The VVP is a centrally sponsored scheme under which 2,967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts abutting the northern border in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Ladakh have been identified for comprehensive development.In the first phase, 662 villages have been identified for priority coverage, which include 455 villages in Arunachal Pradesh.The VVP will help in improving the quality of life of people living in identified border villages and encourage them to stay in their native locations thereby reversing the outmigration from these villages and adding to the security of the border.District Administration with the help of appropriate mechsms at the block and panchayat level will prepare Action Plans for the identified village to ensure 100 per cent saturation of central and state schemes.The focus areas of interventions identified for the development of villages include road connectivity, drinking water, electricity including solar and wind energy, mobile and internet connectivity, tourist centres, multi-purpose centres and healthcare infrastructure and wellness centres.The Home Minister will also inaugurate nine Micro Hydel Projects of the Arunachal Pradesh government constructed under the "Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme" in Kibithoo.These electricity projects will empower people living in border villages. He will also inaugurate Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) projects to augment infrastructure at Likabali (Arunachal Pradesh), Chapra (Bihar), Nooranad (Kerala) and Vishakapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).An exhibition of the products made by women members of Self-Help Groups of border districts will be orgsed as well.Amit Shah will visit exhibition stalls to acquaint himself and to appreciate the efforts of women of border villages.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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