<p>Itanagar: Bichom, carved out of West and East Kameng, became the 27th district of Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the district and laid the foundation of its headquarters at Napangphung on Thursday, an official communiqué said.</p>.<p>He also handed over responsibilities to Deputy Commissioner Akriti Sagar and Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Dhama.</p>.Keyi Panyor becomes 26th district of Arunachal Pradesh.<p>Congratulating the people of the new district, the CM said, "Honouring voices of diverse communities, we have fulfilled the longstanding demand for the creation of the district, pending since 1984."</p><p>"I must commend the contributions of MLAs Mama Natung, Goruk Pordung and Dongru Siongju for finally making Bichom district a reality," he said.</p>.<p>The chief minister said that infrastructure will be created for the new district headquarters and all assets transferred to Bichom district from East Kameng will be replaced with new ones.</p>.<p>In February this year, the state assembly passed the Arunachal Pradesh (Re-Organisation of Districts) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 for the creation of Bichom and Keyi Panyor districts.</p>.<p>A total of 27 villages from West Kameng and 28 from East Kameng were made part of Bichom district.</p>.<p>The chief minister also flagged off vehicles distributed to self-help groups under the Arunachal Grameen Express Yojana, besides laying the foundation of 18 projects and inaugurating an equal number of projects.</p>.<p>A testing centre and administrative building of Central Agricultural University (Imphal) were also inaugurated and houses distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the communiqué added.</p>
<p>Itanagar: Bichom, carved out of West and East Kameng, became the 27th district of Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the district and laid the foundation of its headquarters at Napangphung on Thursday, an official communiqué said.</p>.<p>He also handed over responsibilities to Deputy Commissioner Akriti Sagar and Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Dhama.</p>.Keyi Panyor becomes 26th district of Arunachal Pradesh.<p>Congratulating the people of the new district, the CM said, "Honouring voices of diverse communities, we have fulfilled the longstanding demand for the creation of the district, pending since 1984."</p><p>"I must commend the contributions of MLAs Mama Natung, Goruk Pordung and Dongru Siongju for finally making Bichom district a reality," he said.</p>.<p>The chief minister said that infrastructure will be created for the new district headquarters and all assets transferred to Bichom district from East Kameng will be replaced with new ones.</p>.<p>In February this year, the state assembly passed the Arunachal Pradesh (Re-Organisation of Districts) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 for the creation of Bichom and Keyi Panyor districts.</p>.<p>A total of 27 villages from West Kameng and 28 from East Kameng were made part of Bichom district.</p>.<p>The chief minister also flagged off vehicles distributed to self-help groups under the Arunachal Grameen Express Yojana, besides laying the foundation of 18 projects and inaugurating an equal number of projects.</p>.<p>A testing centre and administrative building of Central Agricultural University (Imphal) were also inaugurated and houses distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the communiqué added.</p>