Purno-led NE MPs team submits memorandum
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the MPs from North East that his Government is taking maximum interest in development of remote and backward Northeastern region to bring it at par with the rest of the country.
The first step of the NDA Government in this regard is to remove the transport and communication bottlenecks by investing in related infrastructure projects, the Prime Minister said, when an all-party delegation of North East MPs, led by former Speaker of the Lok Sabha member PA Sangma, met him to hand over a memorandum on Tuesday.
Among others, the Union Minister for Development of Northeast Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh and Union minister of state for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju were also present during the meeting.
The memorandum described various potential projects which could be taken up in each of the eight northeastern states in the near future. It broadly referred to a ’10-point action agenda’ envisaging strengthening of institutional frameworks, maintaining peace to achieve prosperity, enabling growth through road, rail and aviation connectivity, strengthening power generation and transmission, managing natural resources, empowering northeast youth and creating jobs through industry entrepreneurship and tourism.The DoNER minister later said that the development of Northeast was on high priority for the present government.
He referred to the Prime Minister’s recent visits to the Northeast during which he inaugurated the first-ever rail link to Meghalaya and also declared the launch of high power hydro-electric projects.
Recognising the aspirations of the youth of Northeast, Modi has also announced a sport university for Manipur and six agricultural colleges, Singh said.