Overview

• At the 58th Engineers’ Day event in Itanagar, Minister Biyuram Wahge praised the profession and said APESA’s 10-point charter would be placed before the competent authority.
• The charter’s headline requests include appointing technocrats as secretaries in works departments, adopting Arunachal Pradesh Engineering Service Rules, and creating a common engineering secretariat.
• Home and Border Affairs Principal Secretary Kaling Tayeng flagged defects in the Civil Secretariat walls and stretches of the Trans-Arunachal Highway, urging greater diligence to meet targets.
• APESA president T K Tara called on engineers to introspect on work quality and to deliver projects strictly as per design and plan.
• APESA introduced a lifetime achievement award starting this year, and officials said induction training is planned for newly recruited civil service officers and engineers.