NE Connectivity Summit begins in Agartala

Agartala, September 21: The three-day North East Connectivity Summit, organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and supported by the Tripura government, began here today. Addressing the Summit, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar sees an urgent need for raising physical infrastructures in the northeast, he advocates against harnessing the public-private partnership (PPP) model to achieve that in the mountainous region."Development of physical infrastructure is crucial in northeast India, but the much-talked about PPP model should not be adopted in the hilly region," Sarkar said. He said, "Private investors and industrialists would not come to the region in a big way unless physical infrastructures, like roads, railways, power and connectivity, are developed. The PPP model is not workable in this region."