Itanagar: President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate several projects in Itanagar during her visit to Arunachal Pradesh on February 20. She will attend the 37th Statehood Day function here on Monday afternoon as the chief guest. The celebration will take place in the IG park.
Murmu will lay the foundation stone of the common directorate for the state’s Human Rights Commission, Lokayukta and the State Food Commission here.
She will also lay the foundation stone of the 40-km double-lane road between Donyi Polo airport and the Naharlagun railway station via Sonajuli and Durpang, the sources said.
Arunachal, which was earlier known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), gained union territory status on 20 January, 1972. It attained the status of a state on 20 February, 1987.
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