L Murugan becomes 1st Union Minister to visit India’s first village

Category : National Published on: April 25 2023

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Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting L Murugan became the first Union Minister to visit India’s first village Avangkhu on the Indo-Myanmar border in Phek district of Nagaland.
Highlighting India’s seriousness towards the Act East Policy, the Minister announced that the two lane road upto Avangkhu border has already been sanctioned and work will start soon.
Dwelling on the piggery development in Nagaland, he said National Livestock Mission has been supporting entrepreneurs of the state and strengthening farm infrastructure and technology.
He said that in the last nine years, financial assistance of around Rs 1,770 lakh has been provided to the state government under the NLM in the piggery sector.
The MoS along with other officials also visited the India-Myanmar border to take stock of the situation there.