Union Minister for Shipping, Ports, Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday asserted that eight years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has boosted India’s social welfare, economic growth and ease of living of its citizens through good governance.
Interacting with the beneficiaries of Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the Union Minister said that the people of the country are realising the long aspired goals of social welfare due to the Prime Minister’s dynamic leadership.
”The promise of change was delivered through peace agreements, revolutionary infrastructure development and most importantly adhering to the importance and role of the North East in the cause of nation building.
We must take this wonderful opportunity provided by Modiji and give wings to our hopes and dreams for a peaceful, prosperous and progressive Assam and Northeast”, he said.
Attacking the Congress for their alleged misgovernance, Sonowal said, “We must not forget the fragile atmosphere after six decades of dynastic politics of the Congress and how the North East and Assam suffered tremendously under their successive governments.
Our aspirations to be part of the national conscience was possible when Modiji took special interest in the Northeast and referred to it as the Ashtalakshmi and the new growth engine of India.”
In order to improve connectivity, 28 projects of air connectivity were completed between 2016-17 and 2021-22 while 15 ongoing projects will be completed by March, 2023. The UDAN scheme resulted in the development of 15 operational airports while there were only nine in 2014, he said.
The Krishi Udaan scheme has helped farmers to transport agri produce to the international market with 1.92 lakh metric tonnes of agricultural produce being transported nationally and abroad through this scheme.
The entire railway network was converted into broad gauge only during the last eight years with 237 projects completed so far.
Over 3,099 km of roads were developed in the Northeast in the last five years while Assam will soon have India’s first Multi Modal Logistic Park at Jogighopa.
