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Modi to Visit Manipur on Sept. 13 for First Time Since 2023 Violence, Launch Rs 8,500 Crore Projects

The visit is framed as a push to restore peace through development alongside outreach to those displaced.

Rahul Gandhi made the remarks during his visit to Junagadh in Gujarat.
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Overview

  • Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel and the PMO confirmed the one‑day stop with meetings in Churachandpur and Imphal and two public addresses.
  • In Churachandpur, Modi will lay foundations for about Rs 7,300 crore in works, then inaugurate projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore in Imphal.
  • Key items include the new Manipur Police headquarters (Rs 101 crore) and Civil Secretariat (Rs 538 crore), plus foundations for a drainage and asset management project (Rs 3,647 crore) and the MIND project (Rs 550 crore).
  • Authorities tightened security with a strict entry advisory banning common carry items, restrictions on drones and air guns, and heavy deployments at Peace Ground and Kangla Fort.
  • Local tensions persist with fresh clashes over event decorations in Churachandpur, symbolic coffins removed near the venue, a CorCom shutdown call for Sept. 13, and the UNC suspending its highway blockade; responses range from Kuki‑Zo groups welcoming the visit to Congress leaders calling it tokenistic.