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UPA releases funds liberally to Manipur: Okram Ibobi
IBOYAIMA LAITHANGBAM | The Hindu | IMPHAL, August 15, 2013 10:10 IST
The UPA government has been releasing funds liberally for the overall development of backward Manipur and now Rs. 1,206 crore has been sanctioned for the ongoing projects and construction of other new developmental infrastructures. This was stated by the Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi in his Independence Day statement on Thursday. Bulk of the fund will be used in the development of the hill areas in the state.
Since there is no railway line in the state the government is trying to improve the road communication. Problems of the land locked Manipur had been highlighted in a recent meeting at Guwahati in which the Chief Ministers of the NE states had participated. Since highway 2 which connects Assam with Manipur via Nagaland has many sink zones a bypass from Chumukedima in Nagaland to Mao in Manipur was proposed. Besides the construction of bridges over the Barak and the Makru rivers along highway 37 would be expedited. The highway 2 would be upgraded to a Trans Asian highway having four lanes. Mr. Ibobi further said that the Asian Development Bank will make give a loan of Rs. 1,800 crore for the construction of an 85.60 km long road from Imphal to Moreh, the border town where there is legalised border trade with Myanmar.
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