Arunachal’s 2021 of infra push, climate declaration, China face-offThe Arunachal Pradesh government threw much of its weight behind reinvigorating infrastructure and envisioning climate-resilient development in 2021, a year in which the frontier state also made headlines for alleged Chinese intrusion into its territory. The state government has taken up a comprehensive project to build infrastructure in villages in borderlands to put a check on migration from the remote ice-clad areas.It has already submitted a Rs 4,000-crore proposal to the Union Home Ministry as part of the plan.The project aims at building roads, health centres and educational institutions, besides electrifying villages, improving mobile connectivity and water supply.

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Arunachal Pradesh’s endeavour to establish all-weather connectivity got a shot in the arm in February, with the Centre approving road construction projects of 598 km at an estimated cost of Rs 1,100 crore. During the year, the ministry, as part of its Indo-China Border Roads (ICBR) project, also awarded six road stretches in Arunachal Pradesh to the National Highways Development Corporation on a nomination basis, entailing an expenditure of around Rs 5,000 crore.