Connecting North Eastern Himalayas

The North East Indian States constitute 7.9% of India’s geographical area; and as per the last
census of 2011, are a 3.8% of the population. The formation of East Bengal and Burma at the time of independence from the United Kingdom is recognised as a rather tangible break in the once better networked economic geography of the region leaving aside the 27-km-wide Siliguri Corridor as the only link to the rest of India. The region was left largely isolated from the development paradigm until the 1990s when economic reforms were introduced. With the advent of telecom technology and innovations there was hope for bridging this gap of distance, connectivity, communication.

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