13/09/2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Manipur in what is his first visit to the state since ethnic violence erupted there in 2023. He landed in Imphal from Aizawl in Mizoram and then to Imphal.
Among the major initiatives, PM Modi will inaugurate the new Manipur Police Headquarters at Mantripukhri in Imphal, built at a cost of Rs 101 crore, and the new Civil Secretariat in the same locality, costing Rs 538 crore. Other projects include a drainage and asset management improvement system worth Rs 3,647 crore and the Manipur Infotech Development (MIND) project valued at Rs 550 crore.
PM Modi arrived in Imphal after his visit to Aizawl to inaugurate the Rs 8,070-crore Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which will link landlocked Mizoram with the rest of the country. He also launched the 45 km Aizawl bypass road, the Thenzawl-Sialsuk and Khankawn-Rongura roads, and an LPG bottling plant at Mualkhang.