After 78 Years of Independence, Aizawl Comes on Indian Railways Map

Even after 78 years of Independence, the people of Mizoram have been deprived of the services of the Indian Railways, but no longer.

- MANOHAR KESARI

The situation is changing. This state in India's Northeast is being brought to the railway map of the country by Indian Railways, which is ardently pursuing the Narendra Modi government's mission to connect by train the capitals of eight states including the Seven Sisters.

A train has reached Aizawl for the first time after Independence, thus making Mizoram the fourth state in the Northeast in terms of rail connectivity. North East Frontier Railway Zone (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer, K.K. Sharma told The Sunday Guardian in an exclusive conversation in Aizawl that with the start of this railway section, four states in the Northeast—the capitals of Assam, Arunachal, Tripura and Mizoram—will be connected to other parts of the country through India's railway network.

Till now, if one had to reach Mizoram by road, then one had to come via the "Chicken's Neck"—Siliguri Corridor connecting the Northeast with the rest of the country. As far as coming by train is concerned, one can go until Silchar in Assam.