AGARTALA, April 2 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb today has announced, among 3 Northeast states including Manipur, state Tripura has received the highest benefit recently from Prime Minister’s fund. “Total Rs. 500 crore was sanctioned and Tripura has got Rs. 350 crores out of that. I will bring more funds for the state but among all the states we have received the highest recently from PM's fund. Prime Minister has a fund of Rs. 24000 crores, from which PM Modi has allocated for Northeast", CM said at Press Club. “It’s not like that we are totally dependent upon the central fund, but the central govt is helping at its full as Tripura is suffering from negative balances. Right now we need centre's help to develop Tripura. We will set one work-project for each depts, which will present the 100 days work report. The Govt is working on that mission”, he said. “Everyone has to work in timebound manner and there should be also competition among the Ministers of the state regarding their performances”, he said. The Chief Minister also gave details of his Howrah river bank visit and explained how the river-project will work out.

“Huge central funds are not needed everytime if a state govt can implement the central schemes properly. We have come in power with working motive. We want to work. If the central schemes can be implemented properly then nobody can stop Tripura to emerge as a model state”, CM told journalists.

“Earlier DoNER Ministry funded as per  90 : 10 fund sharing with states, but now with Rs. 4500 crores funding DoNER Ministry is bearing the full budget of Northeast”, CM said.

“The dams and power plant’s mission will be completed within 2 years. Agartala City on Howrah river bank was a correct choice, as all big cities are standing on river banks. Water is the cheapest resource which can be utilized for development. That's why since the earliest time, water has also been the easiest transport way”, he said.