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NEW DELHI, July 18: Seeing Northeast India as a gateway to progress for the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that that the country’s development cannot take place without progress of the Northeast and that a lot is in the pipeline for development of the region.
While responding to comments by his followers on Twitter, PM Modi tweeted that India’s development cannot happen without progress of the Northeast.
He further said that the economy, connectivity and tourism will improve in the Northeast and fruits of development will reach people more effectively. Lot has been done in the last 3 years & lot more is in the pipeline, he tweeted.
Recently, PM Modi remarked that development of the North East region is a top priority for his government with special focus on connectivity and infrastructure.
He also observed that development of the region has been overlooked all these years stating that there has not been balanced development there further stating that his government is making efforts to make North East the gateway to South East Asia.
