India, Oct. 1 -- Three years after connecting Nepal, India has now announced another international rail link expansion in the strategically crucial Chicken's Neck that will connect with neighbouring Bhutan.

The two railway links announced with Bhutan will now connect the landlocked Himalayan nation with the 70,000-kilometre rail network of India.

The two rail links, spanning 69 km and 20 km, will connect Bhutan with the neighbouring Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.

Making the announcement, Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said: " This project is basically connecting two very important cities of Bhutan. One is Gelephu, as Foreign Secretary shared with us."

"This is being developed as a mindfulness city. And second is Sam...