ITANAGAR, Jul 20: Chief Minister Pema Khandu today inaugurated a prayer hall with the statue of Guru Padmasambhava at Chumi Gyatse (holy waterfall) in Tawang district.
Despite the religious significance of this area to the local Tibetan and Monpa community, the Chumi Gyatse lacked infrastructure to fulfill the aspirations of the locals.
In a joint effort, led by the CM and Indian Army, the project of constructing this prayer hall was commenced in May 2018 and completed in June 2020.
Along with this construction, the civil administration and the Indian Army have improved the connectivity to this remote location by constructing a motorable road.
Khandu also dedicated this to the people of Arunachal Pradesh for offering prayers at the highly revered site as he felt that this would help boost tourism in such remote locations, as part of the Indian Army initiative of nominating 2020 as the Year of Tourism, stated a PIB (Defence) release here.
He also thanked the Army for providing whole-hearted assistance in making this a reality and reiterated the successful civil-military bonhomie existing in the border state of Arunachal Pradesh.
The event was also attended by MLAs of Dirang and Lumla, the release added.