DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): A team of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) comprising of Shyam Saran, Chairman and ex Foreign Secretary, Government of India; PC Haldar, former Director IB; Lt Gen PC Bharadwaj (Retd), former Vice Chief of Army Staff; Lt Gen Prakash Menon, (Retd) military advisor of NSAB and YS Sharawat, Chairman Port Authority of India are on a 10 days visit to North Eastern states of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in connection with infrastructural development issues.
The Team was briefed by Lt Gen AK Sahni, SM, VSM, GOC Spear Corps at Rangapahar, yesterday on the progress of Infrastructure Development in the Corps Z. The team was also apprised on the operational preparedness and prevailing security situation in the region. Issues concerning construction of roads, habitat for the troops and acquisition of land were debated and measures to speed up the process were discussed.
Prior to this, the team had been to Manipur, where it visited Moreh town and interacted with the local Border Trade Association, and discussions in connection with setting up of the Integrated Check Post at Moreh were held. The team also had a meeting with the Chief Minister of Manipur and discussed the potential of an Economic Corridor to South East Asia. The plan for developing a modern city of international standards at Moreh, the issues of smuggling, drug trafficking and Border Management were also discussed in the said meeting, informed the press note.
The team would be visiting the forward areas oversee the progress of various development works under way. The team is also likely to visit Tezpur.
