Under Project 37, officers from Arunachal Pradesh Civil Service are pooling in money to ‘repair anything’ from dilapidated schools and libraries to roads and signposts across the state
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Repairing government assets, renovating structures or sanctioning little purchases through government protocols can often be a tedious task. However, a group of officers in Arunachal Pradesh have found a new way to ensure the betterment of the lives of school kids (and neglected buildings) does not stop due to red tape – crowdfunding.
The latest example for such work is the long ignored and forgotten former transportation office in Khimiyang of Changlang district, that serves as a school. Its makeover was completed just last week, and today it dazzles with bright pink and yellow walls and is filled with toys and books for children.
“The windows were broken, the ceiling was almost…