Dr. Manmohan Singh unveils ‘North East Vision 2020’; Six killed in Assam blast
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  • Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh unveiled the ‘North East Vision 2020’ document in New Delhi on July 2. The vision document comprises a robust infrastructure plan - rail link between all state capitals of the region, Rs. 31,000-crore for road improvement in the 11th Plan and a greenfield airport at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. Dr. Singh, releasing the document, called for development to be made the new ‘leitmotif’ for the region which for long was stricken by violence1.

    Meanwhile, the central leadership of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) shot down any possibility of peace in Assam without a written undertaking from the central government which specified that the issue of ‘sovereignty of Assam’ would be discussed in future parleys2. Elsewhere, the pro-talks faction of ULFA’s 28 battalion on July 1 rejected any possibility of surrender - a condition laid down by the government for any ceasefire-bound militant group3.

    In other developments, six persons were killed and 35 others wounded in an explosion at a weekly marketplace in Assam’s Kumarikata village on June 29. Assam Police accused the ULFA for the blast4.

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