Mizoram, one of the seven-sister States in northeast India, will soon be connected with the national railway network when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the new 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang new broad gauge line constructed at an estimated cost of ₹5,021 crore in the second week of September.
The new line winding up at Sairang, about 20 km from Aizwal, would connect the State capital with other northeastern States, as well as the rest of the country. While connectivity to Mizoram so far was through road and by air, the new line has opened up another avenue. The Sairang-Bairabi line connects Silchar in Assam via Bhodahpur Junction thereby integrating the network with other northeastern States of Assam, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh.
