The Joint Secretary of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) – Anuradha S. Chagti (i/c of Sambhav Mission Mode programme for focused development of backward blocks/villages) held an interactive session with the Village council, GBs, VDB, SMDC, VEC, Health Committee, WATSAN, ASHA, ANM, AWW, etc. at Ruchan village on October 10, 2022.

Chagti who also carried-out personal visit to the primary schools and Anganwadi centre held an extensive interactive session with the villagers for first-hand information on the current status of the identified village.

She mentioned that the ‘Sambhav Mission Mode’ is a programme formulated by DONER to achieve saturation of development targets in selected/identified backward blocks or villages across the North East by convergence and monitoring performance of key indicators such as access to the health care system, education, financial inclusion, clean drinking water and sanitation, clean and affordable energy and power, road connectivity, etc.

While highlighting the need for road connectivity for economic activities, the Council Chairman of Ruchan village stated that although the village is highly endowed with economic and development potentials, lack of road connectivity causes loss to their hard labor and hampers their growth.

The district administration and officials from line departments as well as public and church leaders were also present during the interactive session and spot visitations.