Itanagar: Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today approved in principle construction of two roads in Arunachal Pradesh namely Bameng to Lada (55 kms) and Miao to Vijaynagar (157 kms) under Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Ramesh conveyed this to Chief Minister Nabam Tuki who met him at New Delhi today to discuss various matters related to the Rural Development Sector in the State, official sources informed. Lada, a remote circle headquarter in East Kameng district, is yet to be connected by a road. Due to lack of road communication majority of the inhabitants of the area – mostly Sajalongs and Puroiks – have migrated to settle in the foothills of East Kameng and West Kameng. Likewise, Vijaynagar, also a circle headquarter in Changlang district has been facing myriad problems due to incompletion of the Miao-Vijayanagar road. Though the road has reached Vijaynagar from Miao, it remains closed or unfit for vehicular movement most part of the year. Tuki, who visited Lada on October 16 and Vijoynagar on December 23 last year, had assured the people at both places that he would earnestly take the road connectivity issue with the Center and see to it that next time he comes visiting by road. Tuki invited Ramesh to lay the foundation stones of both the important roads. In a positive gesture, the Union Minister consented to visit Arunachal from February 18 to February 20 next. During the meeting which lasted nearly an hour, the Union minister reiterated the commitment of his ministry towards development of the frontier State. Tuki apprised Ramesh that he would convene an extensive review meeting of the RWD/PMGSY schemes during the latter’s visit to the State in February. Later in the day, Tuki also called on Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily and appealed to him for increasing the allocation of petrol pumps in the State for the benefit of the people of remote areas. Moily assured the Chief Minister that he will take up the matter with the Oil PSUs under his Ministry including the Indian Oil Corporation at the earliest, sources said. The Chief Minister also called on Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh to discuss various matters related to the State, sources added.