Imphal, July 23 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that peace has been established in the northeastern region, asserting that the region has the potential to become India's growth engine.

He made these remarks at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Manipur water supply project via video link.

While blockades have become a part of history in Manipur, the era of decades of violence in Assam has ceased. In Tripura and Mizoram too, youths have abandoned the path of violence and the Bru-Reang refugees are now moving towards a better life, PM Modi said in his address.

The Prime Minister noted that the government is making constant efforts to improve connectivity in the northeast region, be its highways, laying of rail tracks or upgradation of airports.

The foundation stone laying programme, the Prime Minister said, is an example of the fact that even during the crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus, the country has not stopped working.