GUWAHATI
Prolonged disruption of surface communication across major part of the northeast due to floods and landslides has renewed the demand for fast-tracking the railway and road connectivity with India’s “mainland” through Bangladesh.
Southern Assam’s Barak Valley, the southern half of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are dependent on the arterial Lumding-Badarpur railway line for transport essentials from other parts of the country. A national highway through Meghalaya shares some of the passenger and cargo load, while another through Assam’s Dima Hasao has not quite been serviceable.
