Rising Northeast Investors Summit will serve as the power of development for the northeast: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

New -Delhi, May 23 (IANS). Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Transport of Ship Transport and Waterways, said on Friday that the ‘Rising Northeast Investors Summit’ will serve as the power of development for the northeast. This will support the development of the entire region. Sonowal spoke to the media, saying that with the vision and guidance of Premier Narendra Modi, the states of northeast gained power to follow the development path. It is quite good for the region to be organized. He further said that the works that the Prime Minister Modi have done to bring peace in the Northeast for the past 11 years are seen today and move quickly on the path of development. Sonowal said north-east is moving quickly in many areas with road, connectivity, infrastructure. He gives a new update on the Kaladan Multimodal project and said that the Suttwe harbor of Myanmar came into effect and that the movement of Haldia Ports is also underway. However, some roadwork is underway, once completed, northeast will easily get through the Kaladan project connectivity. Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma said with the media that in the past 11 years, in the leadership of PM Modi, we are working for the development of Northeast. We have achieved this situation today that they are organizing such a big event. He further said that industrialists from all over the country came to this opportunity and we hope that this summit will bring about a major change in the northeastern region. The ‘Rising Northeast Investor Summit’ was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During this time he described the northeast as the Digital Gateway or India. What is the planning of the central government regarding the Ecosystem of Education and Skills Development in the North East and so far they have worked on it. PM Modi said: “In the last decade, 21,000 crore calls have been invested in the North East education system. About 850 new schools have been built. 9 New medical colleges have been erected. The prime minister described the northeast as part of the country’s diversity. He said: “India makes a clear identity in the form of the most deviations of the world and northeast are the divers of these divers. From tradition to tradition, the diversity of the northeastern state of textile to tourism is its great power.” He said that the country is on the way to becoming ‘developed India’ by 2047 and that the development of East India matters to realize this dream. -Ians abs/