ITANAGAR, Aug 04: The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet today approved the naming of the under-construction Greenfield Airport as ‘Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar’.
“Government of India accorded approval for setting up of the Greenfield Airport under the Capital Connectivity Scheme to build up fixed wing air connectivity facility to the State capital which was a long cherished dream of the people of the State. This name of the lone Airport in the capital city will symbolize the age-old tradition and rich cultural heritage of the tribal State and also will reflect the people’s age-old indigenous reverence on the Sun (Donyi) and the Moon (Polo),” said an official statement.
The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pema Khandu today took several other key decisions.
The Cabinet approved the proposal of the Department of Health and Family for upgradation of health infrastructure by setting up 6-bed Intensive Care Unit facilities including 5 ICU beds and 1 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) bed on turnkey basis in each of 6 identified General/District Hospitals.
The hospitals where the facilities will be set up are BPGH Pasighat, GH Aalo, GH Bomdila, GH Tezu, GH Khonsa and GH Ziro at an estimated cost of Rs 606.15 lakh.
“These 6 hospitals will thus have a total of 36 ICU beds, out of which 30 will be adult ICU beds and 6 Paediatric ICU beds,” the statement said.
The State Cabinet also approved the setting up of an 18-bed Paediatric Care Unit including 4 PICU beds in BPGH Pasighat on turnkey basis at an estimated cost of Rs 235.55 lakh.
BPGH Pasighat will thus have 14 PCU beds and 4 PICU beds.
The Cabinet decided to set up 12-bed Paediatric Care Units (PCUs) including 2 PICU beds on turnkey basis in 8 District/General Hospitals including Yingkiong, Seppa, Bomdilla, Tawang, Ziro, Aalo, Daporijo, and Namsai at an estimated cost of Rs 1070.8 lakh.
These 8 hospitals will thus have 96 beds in all, out of which 80 will be PCU beds and 16 PICU beds, said the official statement.
“Once established, such Intensive Care Units and Paediatric Care Units will not only provide basic critical care but also serve as standards for achieving ICU and PCU care in district hospitals of the state. These facilities will cater to the present COVID-19 pandemic needs as well as continue to provide non-covid patient care services in times to come,” the statement said.
The work will be executed through HLL Life Care Limited, Govt. of India Enterprise.
The State Cabinet also approved the ‘Guidelines on Adoption of Anganwadi Centres by Individuals, Organizations, Business Houses & Corporate Bodies’.
“Adoption of an Anganwadi Centre’ by individuals, organizations, business houses & corporate bodies would afford an exceptional opportunity for all stakeholders to enrich the life of children and women by providing holistic support in terms of range and quality of services.
Further, the Cabinet was briefed about the actionable points of the meeting of Chief Ministers with the Prime Minister held on July 24, 2022 in New Delhi.
A detailed presentation was made informing on the status of saturation of 13 CSS schemes and resolved to work towards 100% saturation, the statement said.
