Funds to the tune of Rs 92,000 crore will be spent by the
Centre on development of North East, including construction of highways and
developing rail networks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he
held a meeting of the Chief Ministers of the region here.
Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur
and Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram did not participate in the meeting which was
attended by Chief Ministers of Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and Finance
Minister of Mizoram.
At the meeting, Modi expressed his government's resolve to
ensure rapid and sustainable development of the region. "Under Special
Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North-East), Rs 35,000 crore is
proposed to be invested to develop the Trans-Arunachal Highway and for
connecting all district headquarters by a two lane highway (about 6,400 km), he
said, according to a PMO statement.
"New rail network is being created in addition to
strengthening the existing network at a cost of Rs 57,000 crore," he said
at the meeting. The Chief Ministers present were briefed on infrastructure
initiatives taken up by the central government in the North Eastern region
through a NITI Aayog presentation.
It was agreed that the Empowered Committees-led by the State
Chief Secretaries constituted pursuant to the decision of the NITI Governing
Council need to be even more proactive in monitoring the implementation of
infrastructure projects and remove bottlenecks in order that time and cost
overruns can be avoided.
"There has been a significant ramp-up in infrastructure
investments by the Government of India in the North East since Narendra Modi
took over as Prime Minister," the statement said. Similarly investments
are being taken up by the telecom, power, civil aviation and shipping
ministries in order to improve the connectivity air, road, rail and internet of
the region, internally as well as externally under the Act East policy of the
central government, the release said. The meeting was attended among others by
the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya.
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