New Delhi, Dec 4: Integrated check posts, upgraded border infrastructure and expanding multi-modal connectivity linking waterways, highways and rail networks have propelled the Northeast towards becoming a logistics and cultural gateway to Southeast Asia, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Thursday.

Sonowal, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Northeast has witnessed a “historic reversal” of decades of neglect.

“Under the Act East Policy, the Northeast is becoming a logistics and cultural gateway to Southeast Asia. The region suffered seven decades of under-representation and under-investment. Under PM Modi, the Northeast is recognised as the ‘Ashtalakshmi’ of India. Today, it is not just a borde

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