Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20 said the Government has done unprecedented work to speed up development in Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that modern infrastructure is being built there considering its role from the national security perspective.
In his message to the people of Arunachal Pradesh on the 36th Statehood day and celebrations marking 50 years of its naming, PM Modi said that it has been his firm belief that eastern India and particularly the northeast will be the engine of the country’s development in the 21st century.
He asserted that the Government is working with full force to make Arunachal Pradesh a major gateway to East Asia.