Modi’s three-day tour also includes Assam, which borders Bangladesh, and Bihar, India’s third-most populous state with at least 130 million people.
India’s poorest state will receive investments worth $8 billion, including agricultural projects, rail links, road upgrades and an airport terminal.
Tens of thousands of displaced people continue living in makeshift camps established by the government.
“I promise you today that I’m with you and the government of India stands with the people of Manipur,“ Modi said while appealing to all groups to pursue peace.
The prime minister last visited the state bordering Myanmar and 1,700 kilometres from New Delhi in 2022.
Manipur’s former chief minister N. Biren Singh from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party resigned in February after criticism over his failure to stop the bloodshed.
Tensions between Meiteis and Kukis have long simmered in the region due to competition for land and government jobs.
Rights groups accuse political leaders of fuelling these divisions for their own gain. – AFP
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