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Pakyong airport ready for operation soon

*The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi chairing a high level meeting to review the flood situation & relief operations in the North Eastern States, in Guwahati on 1 Aug 2017.*

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has sanctioned Rs.200 crore for flood affected reconstruction works in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh, said a high-level committee has also been constituted to monitor the flood related operations and plan for future roadmap to avoid such situations.

Sikkim’s first-ever airport at Pakyong is ready to become operation soon, he said.

During his visit to North East in August, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, had announced a flood relief package of Rs 2,000 crore.

The region had witnessed unprecedented floods. Rainfall was more than 100% higher than that in the preceding months during the same period of time. fii-news.com

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