PM Modi in North-East today: Flags off projects worth Rs 73,000 crore; addresses Manipur violence | In Pictures

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Pirme Minister Narendra Modi flagged off his 5-state visit today. He is on a 3-day tour to Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar. The PM is set to flag of infrastructural projects, including historic railway lines and highways that put the north-east on the transport map of India. This visit to Manipur also marked his first official visit since the violence erupted 27 months ago.

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PM Modi arrived at Aizawl for the inauguration of the Bairabi-Sairang New Rail line today, on September 13. (Image: ANI)

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In Mizoram, he flagged off the railway projects worth Rs 8,070 crore virtually. Three landmark trains, the Rajdhani Express, Sairang-Kolkata Express, and Sairang-Guwahati Express, connected Aizawl to the captial city, New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

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The Rajdhani Express on its way from Sairang to Delhi’s Anand Vihar Terminal, made its first journey to the capital after PM Modi inaugurated the route earlier today. (Image: PTI)

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Young students from Aizawl are the first passengers to board the Rajdhani Express from Aizawl to Delhi. (Image: PTI)

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 Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla stands next to PM Modi as he virtually lays the foundation stone and inauguration of development works, in Churachandpur, Manipur. (Image: PTI)

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PM Modi also met with people is distress, those living in relief camps, 2 years after the Manipur violence. He was welcomed there with a bouquet, a hand-drawn portrait, and a traditional Manipuri hat called Kokyet. (Image: PTI)

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Several artists pose next to the Sairang-Delhi Rajdhani Express. Later today, PM Modi is set to arrive in Guwahati, and 1200 artists will commemorate Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika’s centennial birth anniversary with a 12-minute musical tribute. (Image: PTI)

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 PM Modi also inaugurated the Aizawl Bypass Road, Thenzawl-Sialsuk Road and Khankawn-Rongura Road. (Image: PTI)

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The Jiribam-Imphal Railway Line was flagged off by PM Modi today and the project cost nearly Rs 22,000 crore. (Image: X)