PM Modi attends NEC's golden jubilee function in Shillong, inaugurates projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated dedicated and laid foundation stones for various projects worth Rs 2450 crores in Shillong as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council NECPrime Minister Narendra Modi is on a daylong visit to Northeastern statesIn a step to further boost telecom connectivity in the region PM Modi dedicated to the nation 4G mobile towers of which more than 320 have been completed and around 890 are under constructionPM Modi also inaugurated the New Campus of IIM Shillong at Umsawli and ShillongDiengpasoh Road which will provide better connectivity to the new Shillong satellite township and decongest Shillong PM Modi also inaugurated four other road projects across three states Meghalaya Manipur and Arunachal PradeshOn the sidelines of the event PM Modi inaugurated the Spawn Laboratory at Mushroom Development Center in Meghalaya to enhance mushroom spawn production and also provide skill training for farmers and entrepreneursAn Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre in Meghalaya was also inaugurated by PM Modi to improve the livelihood of beekeeping farmers through capacity building and technology upgradationNotably PM Modi inaugurated 21 Hindi libraries in Mizoram Manipur Tripura and AssamAlso Read Our govt removed all obstacles thwarting North East development PM ModiPrime Minister also laid the foundation stone of six road projects across the states of Assam Meghalaya Manipur Mizoram and TripuraThe foundation stone of the Integrated Hospitality and Convention Centre at Tura and Shillong Technology Park Phase II was also laid during the event The Technology Park Phase II will have a builtup area of about 15 lakh square feet It will provide new opportunities for professionals and is expected to create more than 3000 jobs an official statement saidThe Integrated Hospitality and Convention Centre will have a convention hub guest rooms food court etc It will provide the necessary infrastructure for promoting tourism and showcasing cultural heritage in the region it saidUnion Home Minister Amit Shah Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Nagaland Chief Minister Nephiu Rio Union Tourism and DoNER minister G Kishan Reddy and other dignitaries were also present on the occasionThe Council was formally inaugurated on 7th November 1972 NEC has played a key role in the socioeconomic development of the North Eastern region and has lent support to various infrastructure projects and other development initiatives across all states of the region It has helped create valuable capital and social infrastructure especially in critical gap areas of sectors including education health sports water resources agriculture tourism and industry among othersThe North Eastern Council NEC is under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Development of the NorthEastern Region MDoNEREstablished by an Act of the Parliament in 1971 Act No 84 of 1971 NEC was formally inaugurated on November 7 1972 at Shillong Meghalaya marking the beginning of a new chapter of concerted and planned endeavour on the part of the Government of India for the North Eastern Region Originally consisting of the seven states of Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland and Tripura Sikkim was included as the eighth member state through the NEC Amendment Act 2002 68 of 2002 an official statement saidSome of the most iconic Institutions of the North Eastern Region such as the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Imphal North East Police Academy NEPA Shillong North East Region Institute of Water and Land Management NERIWALM Tezpur North Eastern Space Application CentreNESAC Shillong Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute BBCI Guwahati etc have been set up with NEC supportThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever