Rajdhani Fulfils Promise of Getting Aizawl on Railway Map

SAIRANG IN MIZORAM, a lavishly green mountainous town with meandering streams, has always been quiet — until Saturday, when a crimson red train chugged through.

- DHEERAJ MISHRA

The Sairang-Anand Vihar Rajdhani Express was the first to run in the state as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ambitious 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang rail line, linking the state capital Aizawl to the Indian Railways network. "It's a lifeline of transformation," the PM said as he flagged off the train via video conference from Leng