Underlining Indian governments focus on northeastern part of the country, Indian Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Prime Minister Narendra Modis new model of Governance through Seva, Sushasan and GaribKalyan (Service to people, and Welfare of Poor) has ushered in tremendous development in the north-eastern region, making it an attractive destination for investors.
Pre-2014, there was no development in the North-East and investors used to stay away from it as there were no roads, RAILWAY Network or connectivity by air. Today the region is connected like any other in the country. It has made tremendous progress in the nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modis governance and foreign countries are eager to engage with us, said Chandrasekhar, while addressing a meeting organised by the JanjatiMorcha initiative at Chakma Ghat Community Hall of Khowai district in Tripura.
The Indian government has spent more than Rs 3.84 lakh crore for the development of Infrastructure in the North Eastern (NE) states since 2014-15. A total of 55 non-exempted Central ministries and various departments have spent at least 10 percent of their Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for the overall development of the region including Assam.
An amount of Rs 3,84,426 lakh crore has been spent on several Infrastructure Development projects to improve road connectivity, air connectivity, railways network, waterways, telecom, and power, reported Financial Express.
The news report said as of December 2022, a total of 4,121 km of road projects have been completed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the region in the last seven years, while several projects of length 7,545 km amounting to Rs 1,05,518 crore are presently underway. The major ongoing road projects in the NE region are the 62.9 km long four-laning of Dimapur-Kohima Road in Nagaland, 167 km long four-laning of Nagaon bypass to Holongi in Arunachal Pradesh, 152 km long alternate two-lane highway from Bagrakote to Pakyong (NH-717A) in Sikkim, 351 km long two-laning of AizawlTuipang NH-54 in Mizoram, 20 km long four-laning of ImphalMoreh section of NH-39, and 75.4 km of two-laning in Manipur.