Modi in Manipur: After a long gap of two years and ethnic violence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur on Saturday and laid the foundation stone of minutiae projects worth increasingly than 7,300 crore in Churachandpur. This visit was not only important from the political and developmental point of view, but moreover brought a message of humanity and social harmony. In this visit, Prime Minister Modi spoken comprehensive projects in areas like urban development, education, health, road and digital connectivity. Along with this, he met the families unauthentic by the ethnic violence of 2023 and unpreventable them that the inside government stands firmly with them.
A new installment of minutiae in Manipur
The biggest project among the projects for which the foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister was the Manipur Urban Road, Drainage and Asset Management Improvement Project, costing Rs 3,647 crore. This scheme is an important step towards modernizing the infrastructure of urban areas. Apart from this, Manipur Infotech Minutiae Project (MIND) costing Rs 550 crore was moreover spoken which will realize the vision of Digital Manipur.
Special accent on education and health
To promote women empowerment and education in the state, nine working women hostels will be synthetic at a forfeit of 142 crore. At the same time, super-specialty health facilities worth 105 crore will moreover be established. This will strengthen health services in rural and remote areas.
Expansion of National Highways and Connectivity
Prime Minister Modi spoken the upgradation of five national highway sections at a forfeit of over 2,500 crore. Along with this, NH-102A in Tengnoupal will moreover be upgraded at a forfeit of 502 crore, which will increase the strategic and commercial potential of the state.
Attention to sports, culture and tourism
A multi-purpose indoor stadium will be synthetic at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal at a forfeit of 36 crore. At the same time, the polo ground and its surrounding zone will be ripened at a forfeit of 30 crore, which will promote the cultural identity and tourism of the state.
Meeting with unauthentic families
During his visit, Prime Minister Modi moreover met the families who were unauthentic by the ethnic violence of 2023. Increasingly than 260 people were killed and increasingly than 60,000 people were rendered homeless in this violence. He communicated directly with the people and unpreventable them that minutiae and peace are the future of the state. The violence was mainly triggered by the Meitei polity taxing Scheduled Tribe status and the Kuki polity opposing it. The Kuki polity had raised the issue of social and land inequality while taxing a separate administration.
Manipur, the land of 'courage and determination'
Addressing the public meeting, the Prime Minister said that Manipur is a land of 'courage and determination'. This vibrancy of the Northeast is a symbol of India's joint strength. He met the people of the state and unpreventable them that the inside government is fully single-minded to the inclusive minutiae and lasting peace of Manipur.