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Northeastern states gateway to Southeast Asia: Modi
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SME Times News Bureau | 28 May, 2016
Terming the northeastern states
as the gateway to Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
that India is opening up both road and rail routes to its neighbouring
countries to boost to their economic development.
He said that
his government was focusing on reducing the region's isolation by
improving all-round connectivity through road, rail, telecom, power and
waterways besides its development through the pro-active "Act East"
policy.
"If the western region of the country can develop, if
other regions of the country can develop, I see no reason why the
northeast region of the country cannot develop," Modi said at the 65th
plenary session of the North Eastern Council attended by governors and
chief ministers and union Development of North Eastern Region Minister
Jitendra Singh.
"Northeast region is very important to us for
strategic reasons and it is my conviction that we have to bring this
region at par with the other developed regions," he added.
The
prime minister said a specialised highways construction agency - the
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation - has been
set up for the northeast and was implementing 34 projects covering a
length of 1,001 Km at a total cost of over Rs.10,000 crore.
He
also said that the Indian Railways has commissioned about 900 km of
broad gauge in the last two years, leaving only about 50 km meter gauge
lines to be converted in 2016-17, while a a 132 km part of third
alternative connectivity route - New Maynaguri-Jogighopa - has also been
commissioned.
"The railways have undertaken a major expansion in
the region at a cost of around Rs.10,000 crore. In November 2014,
Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya were put up on the rail map. Agartala
has also been connected with broad gauge line. We are on the way to
ensure that all the northeast states come on the rail map soon," he
said.
Modi said the government has implemented an improved
internet connectivity project for the region in collaboration with
Bangladesh which will make available 10 GB of seamless alternate
bandwidth for the region.
The government was also making a heavy
investment in power transmission projects covering all the eight states
at a cost of around Rs.10,000 crore to ensure power to more areas, he
added.
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