NE CMs’ meet to decide roadmap for development

Agartala: DoNER Minister Gen. (retd) VK Singh would meet the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states in Guwahati Aug 21-22 to decide a roadmap for the development of the region, an official said here Monday.
This would be the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) minister’s first meeting with the chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim.
“The meeting would discuss and resolve various strategies and plans on agriculture, roadways, education, power, transport, tourism, industries and health sectors of the region,” an official of the North Eastern Council (NEC) told IANS.
He said various expert groups and specialists would also make presentations highlighting the scope and available resources of the region.
The meeting would also discuss the ongoing projects of the NEC.
After assuming office in May, V.K. Singh held several meetings with top officials of both the DoNER ministry and the NEC in New Delhi and Guwahati to familiarise himself about the northeastern states and functioning of his ministry and the council.
A Tripura government official said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also agreed to convene a meeting soon of the eight chief ministers to resolve various problems of the region.
Modi’s assurance came on Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s request when he met the prime minister in New Delhi recently.
The official said Sarkar and Modi discussed issues such as connectivity, policy intervention, infrastructure, agricultural, health service and tourism.(IANS)