New Delhi India January 6, ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of 29 development works worth Rs 2,450 crore in Manipur through video conferencing.
The Home Minister said that the state government under the leadership of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh seems to be committed to the development of every corner of the state for five years.
Biren Singh has achieved great success in bringing development everywhere with great dedication under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.
Chief Minister Biren Singh was also present on the occasion.
The home minister said that these five years will be written as a golden age whenever the history of Manipur is written.
There has never been a blockade or shutdown in the last five years. Violence has been controlled to a great extent. Development is impossible unless there is stability and peace, he said.
The biggest achievement of the Biren Singh government is that it has opened the avenues of stability, peace as well as development for Manipur, he stated.
Manipur has made a good effort to come out of the tradition of blockade, violence, corruption, bandhs, drugs trade of previous governments, he said.
The foundation stone of 21 projects worth more than 3,000 crore was laid by PM Modi and laid the foundation stone of five National Highway projects, based on the developmental works done by the BJP-led government, Shah said. 15 projects costing more than Rs 265 crore have been inaugurated and 14 projects worth Rs 2,194 crore have been inaugurated through this event in the state. In less than two days, works costing around 5,500 crore have been started for the people of Manipur, said Shah, asking In the long rule of the previous governments: tell me two such days when works worth Rs 5,500 crore were inaugurated and the foundation stone laid.