Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 4th said that the North East India will be the major drivers in India’s growth in the coming years with Manipur as the main source of the country’s growth trajectory. He accused the previous governments in the centre of neglecting the Northeast, as he launched a raft of development projects ahead of the Assembly elections due in the State early this year.
While addressing the inauguration programme of developmental projects in the Manipur, PM Narendra Modi said as the state will be completing 50 years of statehood on January 21, the state “will become the main source of India’s growth trajectory and will stretch its potential to other parts of India via enhanced road connectivity and infrastructure projects.”
Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several developmental projects in the state. He inaugurated 13 Projects worth over Rs 1,850 crores and laid the foundation stone of nine projects worth around Rs 2,950 crore; spanning across five national highway construction projects, government residential quarters, Manipur Institute of Performing Arts, Centre for Invention, Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIIT) etc.
