Assam's territory will be protected: Rajnath tells Sonowal

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured Assam leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal that the territorial integrity of the state would no longer be compromised with, amid stories of a conceivable peace settlement with Naga revolt crew NSCN-IM.

This was once conveyed when Sonowal called on Singh right here, an Assam govt commentary stated.

"The issue of 'Nagalim' (Greater Nagaland) also came up for discussion in the meeting and the Union home minister assured the chief minister that territorial integrity of Assam would not be compromised at any cost and the central government is committed to maintain peace and harmony in the Northeast region," the commentary stated.

The NSCN-IM is on a peace negotiation with the central govt and there have been stories that a settlement with the rebel crew is conceivable in near long run.

One of the key demands of the NSCN-IM is integration of Naga-inhabited spaces of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur.

In his meeting with Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, Sonowal recommended him to announce a new industrial coverage for Assam and different northeastern states.

Sonowal sought Jaitley's intervention in saying the brand new industrial coverage for the northeastern area ahead of the proposed the Global Investors' Summit to be held in Guwahati on February 3 and 4, 2018.

The leader minister inspired upon the finance minister concerning the need for an industrial coverage, solely for Assam and Northeast, to incentivise investments in Assam as it might augur smartly to create an investor friendly climate in the area ahead of the buyers' summit, the commentary stated.


Sonowal additionally sought Jaitley's lend a hand in expeditiously releasing Rs 1,138 crore due for the flood control programmes.


He stated the discharge of the price range would lend a hand in early implementation of 141 ongoing and proposed flood and erosion control projects in the state.


In his meeting with Union Transport and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari, Sonowal was once knowledgeable that the central govt has accorded investment clearance towards implementation of 5 flood and erosion control projects in Assam with an expenditure of Rs 256.55 crore.


He recommended the union minister to make sure early unencumber of price range for the continuing flood control programmes.
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