PM Modi in Manipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Manipur on Saturday, September 13, his first visit to the northeastern state since ethnic violence broke out in 2023. Over 250 people have been killed, scores wounded, women raped and 60,000 displaced as the violence kept simmering even after a year. Such was the ferocity of the strife that it touched Meitei and Kuki people living in Delhi.
Ahead of the prime minister’s visit, security forces have been deployed in large numbers in Manipur. The state has been under President’s Rule since February 2025, after the resignation of N Biren Singh as chief minister. The state assembly has also been suspended.
“In line with his commitment to inclusive, sustainable and holistic development of Manipur, PM Modi will inaugurate projects worth Rs. 7300 crores in Churachandpur”, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement. This includes the Manipur Urban Roads, Drainage, and Asset Management Improvement Project, worth over Rs 3,600 crore; five National Highway projects, worth more than Rs 2,500 crore; the Manipur Infotech Development (MIND) project; and working women’s hostels at nine locations. The PM will also inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore at Imphal, the PMO said.
Manipur has witnessed an Imphal-Churachandpur pull. While Imphal is in the valley where the Meiteis are in an overwhelming majority, Churachandpur is the main town of the hill districts, inhabited mostly by the Kuki-Zo tribes, other than the Naga communities.
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