Even as the situation in the Northeast has improved in the last 10 years, the long-term solution for peace and stability in the region is only through economic development, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Saturday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival, Sangma asserted that there has been a "drastic reduction" in overall insurgency. "There are certain incidents and certain areas where slight problems are still there but at large if you look at the last 10 years things have really improved. There has been a drastic reduction in the overall insurgency in the different incidents taking place. So there has been a reduction," the National People's Party leader told PTI. While admitting that certain states have been "facing problems", he said that in the long run, the solution to peace and stability in the region is by creating necessary infrastructures and proper economic development. "So once economic development comes in, connectivity comes i