Arunchal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu

New Delhi, (IANS) : Arunchal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday stressed on the need to augment and fast track connectivity including IT to transform the northeastern border state.

Participating in the discussion the third Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he threw light on the enormous strength and potential of the state in the field of agri and allied sectors, tourism and hydro power, which he said, if systematically harnessed would lead the state to new heights.

He also underscored the need to augment and fast track communication like rail, road and air as well as IT to bring in transformational change in the process of development in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Chief Minister also emphasised over the connectivity issues which has been hampering the growth of this potential economic sectors and sought continued support from the centrasl government.

He credited the Modi government with reinvigorating the policy orientation towards the northeast which has resulted to a palpable change in the support being extended from the Union government to catalyse growth of Arunachal Pradesh and hoped for continued support, particularly in the field of communication networks.