The northeast has the potential to become India’s growth engine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, noting that peace is now being established in the entire region.
He made these remarks at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Manipur water supply project via video link.
While blockades have become a part of history in Manipur, the era of decades of violence in Assam has ceased.
In Tripura and Mizoram too, youth have abandoned the path of violence and the Bru-Reang refugees are now moving towards a better life, he said in his address.
The Prime Minister noted that the government is making constant efforts to improve connectivity in the northeast region, be its highways, laying of rail tracks or upgradation of airports.
