Aizawl: CM Lalduhoma on Friday inaugurated development projects worth Rs 5 crore at Govt Champhai College in Champhai town, bordering Myanmar, implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) scheme.The projects include a classroom building costing Rs 3.70 crore, renovation of the multipurpose hall at Rs 40 lakh, a semi-running track at Rs 40 lakh, and a Rs 50 lakh package covering a solar plant, vocational skill and personality development programmes, workshops, IT and laboratory equipment, and solar devices.Govt Champhai College is one of two colleges in Mizoram selected under the first phase of PM-USHA.Addressing the gathering, Lalduhoma recalled that he was a student of the college’s first batch and attended evening classes, studying by the light of a traditional oil lamp. He also announced that Rs 50 lakh had been approved for extending the college hostel and assured support for constructing a retaining wall and parade ground.He further said the DoNER ministry had sanctioned Rs 30.13 crore through the North Eastern Council for four ginger-processing units at Mualkawi, Tualcheng, Zotlang and Vaphai villages under the Ginger USP Project. The initiative aims to promote sustainable ginger cultivation and value-chain development.
