The
North Eastern Region comprises 8 states: Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Tripura and Sikkim. The Region has different habitat,
heavy rainfall, extremely rich bio-diversity,
mountains and hills, high seismicity and a drainage
pattern marked by lateral valleys in the north
and transverse valleys in the south, dissected
by major rivers. The region has the potential
of its own natural resources for economic development.
The development of the North East Region arises
from its unique situation. There is a need of
identification and removal of infrastructure bottlenecks,
provision of basic minimum services, and optimization
of natural resources for development purposes
without compromising environmental issues.