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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed confidence that Mizoram's capital Aizawl will be connected through broad gauge railway line by 2021.Inaugurating the handloom and handicraft exhibition orgsed by the North East Council here, Shah said the BJP-led government at the Centre had allocated more resources to Mizoram as compared to that by the UPA government."BJP has allocated more budget for Mizoram than the UPA government. The Congress had during the 13th Finance Commission allocated Rs 19,974 crore to the state, while Modi-led government in the 14th Finance Commission accorded Rs 42,972 crore for the state's development," he said."In the last five years, a lot of projects came to fore in Mizoram. A broad gauge railway line will be brought to Aizwal by 2021. The work for the 1700 kilometre National Highway (NH) has also started," said Shah.The Union Minister said that the state has great potential in bamboo cultivation."In our government's first tenure, we took bamboo out of the category of plants that could not be cut under the Forest Act. The northeastern states have benefitted immensely from it," he added."There is a huge scope of employment in the sector of handicraft and handloom," he said.He also assured Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga of necessary assistance for the development of the state.Shah expressed happiness on visiting "one of the most beautiful states in India" and called it an important representative of India's democracy.He said the state was once "the centre of violence and separatism" but now it "symbolises peace and brotherhood.""Once affected by insurgency and separatism, today Mizoram stands as a symbol of peace and fraternity and is giving this message to the whole world," he said.Shah said it was one of the first handloom and handicraft exhibitions being orgsed in the North East.He said the handloom holds the capability to generate huge employment opportunities in the North East and play an important role in the growth and development of the people.Noting that India's northeast was rich in the availability of forest produce and other raw materials for the handloom and handicraft sector, Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working tirelessly for the progress of the northeast."Narendra Modi government is totally committed to ensure the development of Mizoram and to find solutions to all kinds of challenges that the state is facing," he said.The minister expressed confidence that Kaladan multi-modal waterway and creation of new border hats would bring huge opportunities for trade and commerce and projects such as the Greater Aizawl water project, state referral hospital, state sports academy, horticulture colleges, and a cricket stadium will boost development.( With inputs from ANI )

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