INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Moirangthem Bijoy Singh; Yaiphaba Ningthoujam

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.iMIHCSET.2023.5298

Authors

Moirangthem Bijoy Singh Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India
Yaiphaba Ningthoujam Assistant Professor, CSSEIP, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.iMIHCSET.2023.5298

Keywords:

Development, Economic, Infrastructure, North-east, Social.

Abstract [English]

India’s north east despite being rich in biodiversity and natural resources continue to languish at the bottom of the table when it comes to economic development. One of the main reasons for the underdevelopment of the region is the lack of infrastructure both in adequate quantity and quality. The partition of the country in 1947 gave a cruel blow to the connectivity of the region with the rest of the country. The loss of partition has neither been truly appreciated nor compensated till date. The result is the lack of infrastructure especially economic or physical as some of the state capital could not be connected with rail line even after so many decades of independence. However, if given the ‘Big Push’ in the development of required infrastructure, the region has the potential to development and in the process contributes to the overall growth story of the country. It is rightly said that if India is to be developed, the North East has to be developed first and for that to happen the region has to be provided with infrastructure to catalyst the whole growth process in the region.

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