How Indian rail is pushing beyond Chicken's Neck, one capital at a time
Sixty years after Assam's Guwahati was linked by rail, Mizoram's Aizawl is the latest Northeast capital ready to join the network, beyond the strategic Shillong Corridor or Chicken's Neck. With state-of-the-art bridges in Seismic Zone V and kilometre-long tunnels, the Indian Railways has connected Aizawl, after linking Itanagar and Agartala.
Sixty years after Assam's Guwahati was linked by rail, Mizoram's Aizawl is the latest Northeast capital ready to join the network, beyond the strategic Shillong Corridor or Chicken's Neck. With state-of-the-art bridges in Seismic Zone V and kilometre-long tunnels, the Indian Railways has connected Aizawl, after linking Itanagar and Agartala.
